Pandemic fatigue

Pandemic fatigue is understood as a natural and expected reaction to sustained and unresolved adversity[1] in people's everyday life.

[3][better source needed] During the official lockdown periods of the COVID 19 pandemic people became a lot more stressed because they couldn't leave their homes.

Drawing from lessons in HIV prevention, she advised a principle of harm reduction rather than an "all-or-nothing approach" in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most common during the COVID 19 pandemic was[10] Doomscrolling, or purposely tuning in to negative stories on TV or on social media, fuels increased dread, uncertainty, anxiety, and fatigue.

Anxiety from the threat of losing economic security and catching the disease both play a part in the feeling of fatigue in people.

[16] In a 29 November 2022 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) article, researchers correlated pandemic fatigue with indicators of discontent experienced by individuals including, "opposition to COVID-19 restrictions", "protesting over restrictions", "belief in COVID-19 conspiracies", "concern about democratic rights", "government distrust", and "support for strong leaders".

[18] Evidence suggests that being on Zoom calls limits the amount of nonverbal cues our brains pick up in face-to-face interactions.

The lack of these cues causes our brains to subconsciously exert more energy, making us feel more irritable and exhausted after video calls are over.