More relevant than ever as the Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic sweeps
the globe, False Alarm (Originally released in 2008) reminds readers
to look closely at the facts as the media covers the national pandemic
news and spread of the virus, as well as reinforces the notion that we
must arm ourselves against fear tactics that inhibit our abilities to
properly make decisions in a world of uncertainty.
Life today for citizens of the developed world is safer, easier, and
healthier than for any other people in history thanks to modern
medicine, science, technology, and intelligence. So why is an epidemic
of fear sweeping America? The answer, according to nationally renowned
health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we live in an artificially
created culture of fear. In False Alarm, Siegel identifies three major
catalysts of the culture of fear--government, the media, and big pharma.
With fascinating, blow-by-blow analyses of the most sensational false
alarms of the past few years, he shows how these fearmongers manipulate
our most primitive instincts--often without our even realizing it.
False Alarm shows us how to look behind the hype and hysteria,
inoculate ourselves against fear tactics, and develop the emotional and
intellectual skills needed to take back our lives.
