Biopolitics & Biopower - Michal Foucault

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Has anyone on this forum been introduced to this notion of Biopolitics coined and developed my Michal Foucault?

He has some very profound views on how the relationship between the state and citizen. Foucault defines bio power as “Bio-Power by this I mean a number of phenomena that seem to be quite significant, namely, the set of mechanisms through which the basic biological features of the human species become the object of political strategy, of a general strategy of power”

I would like to hear some viewpoints on those who have an understanding of Biopolitics and help me understand the relevance of this notion of Biopolitics, in particular in relation to COVID-19