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A State of Fear: How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Laura Dodsworth
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This is an audiobook about fear. Fear of a virus. Fear of death. Fear of losing our jobs, our democracy, our human connections, our health, and our minds. It's also about how the government weaponised our fear against us - supposedly in our best interests - until we were one of the most frightened countries in the world.

But why did the government deliberately frighten us. How has this affected us as individuals and as a country? Who is involved in the decision-making that affects our lives? How are behavioural science and nudge theory being used to subliminally manipulate us? How does the media leverage fear? What are the real risks to our well-being?

Ahead of any official inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Laura Dodsworth explores all these questions and more, in a nuanced and thought-provoking discussion of an extraordinary year in British life and politics. With stories from members of the general public who were impacted by fear, anxiety, and isolation, and revealing interviews with psychologists, politicians, scientists, lawyers, Whitehall advisers and journalists, A State of Fear calls for a more hopeful, transparent and effective democracy.

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Incredible book and extremely well read by the author. Have your eyes and ears opened.

Devastating exposé. HIGHLY recommended.

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The covid 19 saga reminded me of the push for war with Iraq and Afghanistan, the narrative was carefully curated and the reasons to be scared were never ending. This book cuts to the heart of the last year, the fear, propaganda and the techniques used. Great job Laura

A must listen

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A frankly devastating exposé on government policy during the pandemic. Well written and well researched; free from the scaremongering language we’ve all become accustomed to over the past 18 months. This book is a refreshing change.
Anyone blessed with a brain that’s still capable of rational, independent thought will find much to enlighten them in this book. Highly recommend.

A must read.

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Well thought out and accurately written, post pandemic, everyone should read this book , no matter their political stance

Brilliant work

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One day, if we’re really lucky, this book will be taught in every teenager’s school as a warning from history, a modern history that’s not taught enough or at all, and that might be deliberate.

Read it and share it. I have. Everything I thought ‘made no sense’, or ‘that’s nonsense’ for the last 18mths is in here. And what you sensed is here. This tells you ‘the how’, i hope a sequel will reveal the why.

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