Dennis Prager interviewed a fascinating physician / psychiatrist several days back. He laid out the case that there is indeed a form of mass delusional psychosis at work, driving this crazy (to non-sufferers) China Flu hysteria. He's even written
a book about it.
The dirty little secret is that most of homo sapiens still believes in magic.
They just have a new name for it.
Science.
The following is from notes taken while listening to (IIRC) Dr. McCollugh’s 3 hour interview with Joe Rogan. It is not word for word as I was writing fast. It sounds like what is going on all around the world right now.
Four stages of Mass Formation Psychosis
1 prolonged period of isolation
2 withdrawal of previously enjoyed freedoms
3. Consistent application of anxiety
4. A single solution offered by an entity in authority