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| − | |constitutes=Mental health condition, Psychosis
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| − | |image=Mass formation psychosis.jpg
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| − | |description=An explanation promoted in 2021 of public reactions to the [[COVID-19/Response]]
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| − | '''Mass formation psychosis''' is a concept used to explain otherwise difficult to explain phenomena around public acceptance of policies taken in the name of [[COVID-19]].
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| − | Publicised after [[Robert Malone]] appeared on The [[Joe Rogan]] Experience.
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| − | ==Summary==
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| − | |caption=Mass Psychosis & You / [[Peak Prosperity]] - "This video explains why people you know seem to have lost their ability to reason or even be reasonable. Mass Hysteria, or psychosis is a very routine and well-documented part of human history."
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| − | * [[Free floating anxiety]]
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| − | ==Popularisation==
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| − | In 2020 [[Matthias Desmet]] used the concept of mass formation to help understand the public response to the authoritarian measures introduced worldwide during the [[COVID-19]] event.
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| − | It was widely popularised in December 2021.<ref>https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/mass-formation-psychosis</ref>
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| − | ==Cover-up==
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| − | [[image:Mass formation fact check.png|thumb|The source used for the [[Associated Press]] 'fact check' debunking Mass Formation Psychosis theory previously encouraged '[[behavioral nudging]]' people with [[public messages]] reinforcing Covid compliance.<ref>https://thepostmillennial.com/ap-writer-fact-checked-mass-formation-psychosis-theory-encouraged-cajoling-covid-compliance</ref>]]
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| − | {{CCM}} acted in lockstep in early January 2021 to deny that the concept had any validity:
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| − | [[Noah Berlatsky]] in ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote that "the “mass formation psychosis” argument, like the anti-vaccine argument, is complete nonsense."<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/joe-rogan-mass-formation-psychosis-covid-b1990337.html</ref>
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| − | An anonymously published article by [[Reuters]] concluded that "There is no evidence to suggest a “mass formation psychosis” has occurred during the pandemic, experts told Reuters. The term itself is not recognised among academics, and modern research into crowd psychology has shown that crowds do not behave in mindless or non-individualistic ways."<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-psychology-idUSL1N2TN1RE</ref>
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| − | ==References==
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