The Body as a Torture Chamber: The Torture Chamber of the Body Politic How are many persons being TORTURED into submission? What is the mechanism? What are the goals? How do the endless and ever-changing advisories and 'news' that stem from the so-called pandemic shape the thoughts and behaviors of our society? This OPERATION, known as COVID-19, SARS CoV-19, novel corona virus, China Virus, and all the other labels, is masterful in its inception and execution. The psychological, sociological, anthropological, and 'physical' elements have been honed to a sharp, cutting edge. Countless years of smaller-scaled observation, experimentation, and implementation have been unleashed on a near-global scale.  From The Body as a Torture Chamber by Sam Vaknin [emphasis added; commentary bracketed] Illness can be perceived as a reprogramming the patient to succumb to an alternative exegesis of the world, proffered by the medical profession. It is an act of deep, indelible, traumatic indoctrination. The sick typically swallow whole and assimilate the doctors’ point of view and their opinions (regarding the patients as objects, statistics, or corpses-in-the-making) and at times, as a result, are rendered suicidal, self-destructive, or self-defeating. [The doctor knows best. Trust the science.] Chronic disease [or the threat of disease] has no cut-off date. The sounds, the voices, the smells, the sensations reverberate long after each episode has ended: both in nightmares and in waking moments. The patient’s ability to trust the rationality and benevolence of the world has been irrevocably undermined. Social institutions are perceived as precariously poised on the verge of an ominous, Kafkaesque mutation. Nothing is either safe or credible anymore. [NOTHING] Long-term patients typically react by undulating between emotional numbing and increased arousal: insomnia, irritability, restlessness, and attention deficits. Recollections of the traumatic events intrude in the form of dreams, night terrors, flashbacks, and distressing associations. [Unprecedented times. Uncertain future. Trying times. Unclear future. Together apart. Safer at home. It's just a mask. Do your part.] https://mental-health-matters.com/the-body-as-a-torture-chamber/ The body politic: a group of persons politically organized under a single governmental authority; a people considered as a collective unit https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20politic Now. Consider Vaknin's assertions as they relate to the 'larger organism' of the body politic. The scale and impact of this COVID scam are enormous. EDIT: This submission was posted within minutes of another one that comes at the same thing from a different angle. Hat tip to @VRTECH. https://voat.co/v/GreatAwakening/3970222