Covid: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science

From Fox News Medical Analyst and the author of False Alarm (Wiley, 2008) comes COVID and the Politics of Fear by Marc Siegel, M.D. This shocking expose of the facts as the media covers the national pandemic news and spread of the invisible virus, reinforces the notion that we must arm ourselves against fear tactics that limit our abilities to safely make decisions and protect our families in a world of uncertainty. Life for citizens of the developed world before the pandemic was safer, easier, and healthier than for any other people in history thanks to modern medicine, science, technology, and intelligence--but COVID-19 has stolen that security and our nations peace of mind. Now there is a pandemic virus, as well as a crippling epidemic of fear sweeping America. Why? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we already lived in an artificially created culture of fear that was just waiting to be unleashed. In COVID and the Politics of Fear, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear--government, the media, and our own psyche. With fascinating, blow-by-blow analyses of the most sensational false alarms of the past few years, compounded now by the worst contagion of our lifetimes, he shows how fearmongers manipulate our most primitive instincts--often without our even realizing it. COVID shows us how to look behind the hype and hysteria, inoculate ourselves against these crippling fear tactics, and develop the emotional and intellectual skills needed to take back our lives even as we battle the pandemic itself.

About the Author :
Marc Siegel, MD, is a leading medical expert on the global COVID-19 pandemic and the chief medical analyst for FOX News. A clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health, he is a member of the board of contributors at USA Today, a columnist for The Hill, a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and the author of books such as False Alarm, The Inner Pulse, and the novel Bellevue. In an exclusive interview, President Trump called him one of his primary guides to the pandemic. Peter Van Norden is a native New Yorker whose feature film credits include The Accused, The Naked Gun 2 1/2, An Innocent Man, and The Best of Times. A Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Colgate University, he studied with Sanford Meisner, William Esper, Richard Boone, and Peter Gennaro at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. His favorite role is that of a husband to his lovely and amazing wife, Wendy.