By Stephen Sammut, PhD, Crisis Magazine - Thus, in relation to COVID-19, we need to weigh the reality of the statistics of COVID-19... in relation to mortality relative to the consequences of the implemented mandates that effectively, in one form or another, isolate people and harm them. Some scientific literature is now starting to recognize this, as COVID-19 is “now understood as a traumatic stressor event capable of eliciting PTSD-like responses” with the possibility of making existing mental health issues worse ...