The next pandemic is already upon us and it’s not what you think…

Why is nobody talking about this…

Nick Ayton
11 min readNov 18, 2021
Digital Depression a 21st century Killer App

The Covid pandemic has created economic and health consequences as a result of lock-downs, the loss of jobs and income, interrupted schooling and the rules that prevent humans from doing what we prefer to do — which is mix, interact and spend time with other humans, colleagues, friends and family.

I am talking about Mental Health that grips most people in some fashion from time to time, in that everyone struggles with dealing with what life throws at us, the death of a loved one, or general insecurity, disappointment, feeling alone, or the world is moving away from us, as we experience the dozens of quite normal feelings and thoughts each of us wrestle with daily. And yet for some, these feelings and emotions runaway with their lives beyond their ability to control it, unable to recover from it, requiring persistent help, is a reminder to all of us life is fragile, precious and a result of natural selection and the balance of nature.

Weaponising Mental Health

Let us not forget our governments have already weaponise Mental Health — in particular the constant manipulation of NEWS channels that only talks about ‘bad news’ rarely good news. They as in Deep State, would have us believe our…

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Nick Ayton

Nick Ayton is a Polymath, Technologist, Filmmaker, Writer, Speaker