随着2019冠状病毒疾病的爆发,LA的精神病学家Mark McDonald越来越担心他在美国和美国的病人中所看到的负面心理健康影响。这些负面影响——压力、焦虑、抑郁、成瘾、家庭暴力、自杀意念——都可以直接追溯到公共卫生当局煽动的恐惧气氛,以及国家媒体不负责任地放大的恐惧气氛。这些担忧反过来又促使政府做出歇斯底里的过度反应,采取严厉的封锁、价值可疑的口罩和疫苗授权。但恐惧并没有减弱,它很快就开始了自己的生活,成为我们生活中不可阻挡的力量。最后,麦当劳开始大声疾呼,解释说美国实际上正在遭受两种大流行:一种是病毒性大流行,另一种是心理性大流行,这是一种“恐惧大流行”,在许多方面比病毒本身更危险、更具破坏性。
United States of Fear: How America Fell Victim to a Mass Delusional Psychosis [Audiobook]
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, LA-based psychiatrist Mark McDonald grew increasingly concerned by the negative mental health effects he witnessed among his patients – and Americans nationwide. These negative effects – stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, domestic violence, suicidal ideation – were all directly traceable to the climate of fear being stoked by public health authorities and irresponsibly amplified by national media. These fears in turn drove a hysterical overreaction from government in the form of draconian lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates of questionable value. But the fear did not abate and quickly took on a life of its own, becoming an unstoppable force in all our lives. At last McDonald began to speak out, explaining that America is actually suffering from two pandemics: a viral one and a psychological one, a “pandemic of fear” that is in many ways more dangerous and damaging than the virus itself.
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