Did we really endure two years of social disruption on a scale not seen since the Black Death, or was it all a bad dream?

Was it really necessary for us to be confined to our homes, face arrest for surfing or walking in the open air, banned from buying slip-slops?

Not to forget the ban on alcohol and cigarettes and the closure of restaurants and the ruin of many businesses!

Was all that mask wearing and sanitising really necessary?

If you have ever asked yourself these questions over the so-called Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-21 and wondered how the world got into a state of total hysteria, your questions might be answered in a book ‘States of Panic: Covid-19 and the New Medieval’ by North Coast resident Brian Pottinger.

This is no raving by a member of the tinfoil hat brigade, rather a sober presentation and analysis of information from reliable sources of the background and effect of Covid-19.

Pottinger, a former editor of the Sunday Times, poses the question: who stood to gain most from declaring a pandemic?

Among the likely suspects are the World Health Organisation desperate to boost its failing budgets and reputation, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, helped along by bad science and faulty computer modelling.

While Covid-19 was real and was deadly for the elderly, obese and those already suffering from life-threatening conditions, in reality it was only marginally more deadly than the annual ‘flu.

Would the death toll have been worse without lockdown?

Well no, if you look at how Sweden handled the situation.

And by the way, tuberculosis is a far deadlier disease – which we give little thought to.

This fascinating read is packed with data and statistics supplied by world governments, the WHO and medical sources that lays out all the available information to allow the reader to reach his or her own conclusions.

And we are left with the elephant in the room – how is the next “pandemic” going to be handled?

States of Panic: Covid-19 and the New Medieval is available from Takealot, Amazon and Smashwords.

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