An oxymoron where by a person is promised support or relief, but in fact, they receive nothing. Covid relief is typically promised to those who are in dire need of support. The person promising covid relief never has intentions of giving relief. And, thus, the person expecting it can be strung along continously by mearly saying, "Just wait! Its coming!" The person waiting, being desperate, will cling to hope knowing no one could be so cruel as to continually promise covid relief.

Covid relief is a tactic used by politicians as a way to drive out competition. They will promise covid relief, allow a small business to fail, then replace the small business with one they have a vested interest.

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy