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In part, writing this book was a form of personal therapy. Not only did I need to try to understand the extreme human reaction to COVID-19, but I needed to cope with the mental and emotional impacts I was personally experiencing.

The more I tried to navigate the pandemic's tangled web, the more I felt just a little more in control. Many restrictions were imposed on everyone's lives, but at least I was free to form my own judgements. The ability to express these, with the expectation that I would be able to communicate and share my thoughts with others, was a massive encouragement to me. I profoundly thank my two editors at Sage, Alex Clabburn and Natalie Aguilera (my editor for this book), for having the faith that I could deliver this ambitious project.

I would also like to thank Vanessa Peutherer for her love and support in difficult circumstances, and for tolerating my determination to reach an implausible deadline. Every day Vanessa would send me links and articles of unfailing relevance, and these have greatly strengthened the evidence-base of the book.

Her sons, James and Zak, and James's partner Ava, have also been remarkably tolerant of the stresses I have both experienced and caused. I thank all three of them.

I am extremely grateful to my friends and colleagues David Ball, David Marks, and Michael Loughlin for supporting my book proposal so enthusiastically, and helping me find information I needed.

Finally, this book was written and published quickly. While I have checked facts where they exist, and attempted a steady, logical argument, there are bound to be errors of various kinds. I take full responsibility for these. I hope the freshness and sense of discovery in words minimally edited is some compensation.