The latest example of psychological bioterrorism is the current media frenzy surrounding Hantavirus.
To protect yourself, learn to recognise when fear has become the product that is being marketed.
Unlike antibiotics or antivirals, it requires no FDA approval, no manufacturing plant, and no cold-chain shipping. Fear spreads itself. All it takes is a headline, a few experts on television, ominous music behind a news segment, and suddenly millions of people begin scanning their bodies for symptoms they did not know they had ten minutes earlier.
Psychological Bioterrorism is the weaponisation of fear about disease in order to manipulate individuals, populations, markets and governments. Sometimes the objective is political. Sometimes financial. Sometimes bureaucratic. Often, it is all three at once.
This is not a conspiracy theory. It is a recognised form of psychological warfare.
A virus or some other pathogen emerges somewhere in the world. The media shifts into apocalyptic mode. Experts appear to be predicting catastrophe. Computer models project millions dead, if the right circumstances coalesce. Politicians declare emergencies. Pharmaceutical companies announce new products. Social media turns into a digital panic attack. And ordinary people, who just wanted to buy eggs and walk the dog, suddenly feel like civilisation is one cough away from collapse.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
The latest example is the current media frenzy surrounding Hantavirus.
Now, to be clear, Hantavirus is a real disease. It can be serious. It deserves appropriate medical attention and surveillance. Rodent control around homes and barns matters, particularly in areas where the virus is endemic. Nobody sensible is arguing otherwise....<<<Read More>>>...
