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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by blix on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:52AM (#25113883)
I personally know many people who are suffering from severe pandemic-related anxiety and depression who have not contracted the disease.

The current discourse and societal response to the disease seems likely to have as big or larger of a mental health effect than the immediate consequences of the disease itself.

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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by chachachoney on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:33PM (#25114468)
The lack of a proper societal response to the disease, and what that reveals about the fragile state of our civilization is what's responsible for severe pandemic-related anxiety.
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Re:Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, tri... by blix on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:51PM (#25114729)
There's truth to this, but I don't think it's the whole picture. It's certainly possible to be concerned about the state of civilization without "doomscrolling" or checking covid death numbers each morning. These behaviors are consequences of the media landscape more than of the disease itself.
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