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COVID-19 The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic explores the political and social responses that have been tributary to the medical responses during the COVID-19 pandemic.What is a moral panic? The term was introduced by Stanley Cohen in his 1972 book, Folk Devils and Moral Panics, which was based on his PhD dissertation in sociology written at the London School of Economics. It is, in short, a relatively recent term in social science. The focus of any analysis of moral panic is whether an issue is distorted and exaggerated in such a way as to produce an obvious over-reaction on the part of social and political authorities. Such a process occurs in stages: (1) an event or perhaps a person is defined as a threat, perhaps only a vague threat, to existing values, traditions, or interests; (2) the event is simplified; and presented in the mass (and now social) media in a stereotypical way; (3) moral barricades are manned by editors, politicians, experts, and other right-thinking people and socially authorized knowers; (4) ways of coping with the disturbance are developed, and eventually; (5) the public profile of the disturbance, event, individual, etc., declines and is forgotten or is retained as a memory and as a diffuse or potential threat; Cohen called this aftermath a "folk devil." The chief emotion associated with a moral panic is fear.John Lee, M.D., retired professor of pathology and a National Health Service consultant pathologist, summarized the point about the history of the virus over the past couple of decades: "The spread of viruses like COVID-19 is not new. What is new is our response."

Meditation is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the Art and the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. There is a meaning, a message every day in order to have peace and serenity. On the Spiritual level, the freedom of art and heart, mind, expression and creativity are the laws we need to follow.Looking to the Art, we can start the pathway to relaxation, meditation, serenity, peace and wellbeing. Through this book, we can spend time contemplating, reading, meditating, reflecting on the spiritual healing, in our inner natural spiritual space. The book, written by leading meditation researcher and spiritual authors Maria Paola and Marco Brugnoli, features several meditation practices, including mindfulness meditation and walking meditation with the art of Marco Brugnoli and with an understanding of the transformative and therapeutic power of poetry and meditation. And, we can live inspired!