Science vs the Abuse of Power

How Biopolitics Dictated COVID-19 Policy

Hélène Banoun, Pryska Ducoeurjoly

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English

Talma Studios International
22 October 2025

Sociology; Public health & safety law; Urban & municipal planning

The Covid-19 pandemic brutally precipitated us into the era of ""biopower,"" imposing liberticidal and totalitarian measures on the grounds of purported scientific ""truths."" Can we possibly be in the realm of Science when debate is censored, when all criticism is discredited, even penalized and ostracized? How does the management of this crisis foreshadow future episodes? Can we still trust the health authorities?

The author provides answers of which we urgently need to be aware. In her development of the concept of biopolitics, Hélène Banoun offers a coherent and constructive explanation for the overall stupifying management of this crisis. From the genesis and trajectory in the US to the COVID context in France, her impressive work cites salient examples of reprehensible decision-making instructed by WHO ""best practices."" She also alerts us to the fact that gain-of-function experiments on viruses are continuing and could cause the very pandemics they are supposed to prevent.

In the current state of affairs, vaccine ideology legitimizes state control over individuals' lives and ensures megaprofits for vaccine manufacturers. Should we accept that public health be so reduced to a lucrative market? In this light, how are we to assess future vaccines and preventive therapies?

Clearly,

""Science vs the Abuse of Power"" is a valuable reference for everyone seeking to remain vigilant about what biopower has in store for us. At stake is our very survival.

By: Hélène Banoun
Other: Pryska Ducoeurjoly
Imprint: Talma Studios International
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9781913191634
ISBN 10: 191319163X
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 22 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hélène Banoun is a pharmacist-biologist and former research fellow at Inserm (French Institute of Medical Research). She has published peer-reviewed articles on the COVID-19 virus and disease as well as on new therapies that have not been adequately assessed (mRNA and the monoclonal antibody Beyfortus for newborns). Regularly invited to review publications on virology and immunology by major scientific publishers (Elsevier, Springer Verlag, Wiley, among others), she collaborates in particular with the editors of Children's Health Defense and with Dr. Peter McCullough in the US, and with SAVIMS in South Africa. She has testified as an expert witness before the National Citizens Inquiry in Canada and is a member of the Independent Scientific Council (France). ""Science vs the Abuse of Power: How Biopolitics Dictated COVID-19 Policy"" is an uncompromising book ... free of any conflict of interest, which is in itself a growing rarity in the world of biopower.