This survey looked at how the pandemic is affecting people psychologically and emotionally. Participants were asked to review several statements and rate how they feel now compared to how they felt one year ago (September 2019). Here are the results and be sure to take the October 2020 survey:
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Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest physician group. He’s the bestselling author of “Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care–And Why We’re Usually Wrong” and a Stanford University professor. Follow him on Twitter @RobertPearlMD.
Besides COVID-19 a number of factors are intruding into life at present and their combined effect is what I’ve mentioned in this survey. i.e., I cannot relate everything as being isolated from the combined effect on the overall picture. I wish political and societal issues had occured not so simultaneously! Thanks for the survey
The smoke from these seemingly constant fires in California affect air quality and has quite a bit more impact on my life than Covid.