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鈥楥ovid-19 is wrecking people鈥檚 mental health鈥�
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic is destroying our ability to connect with friends and family, disrupting our routines and consequently damaging our mental health, a professor of psychology has said.
鈥淚f you had designed a disease that was specifically figured out to wreck our mental health, Covid would be it,鈥� Prof Laurie Santos told 麻豆社 Hardtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur.
Humans hate uncertainty, but the pandemic is seeing constantly changing lockdowns and a continued flux about when things will improve, all of which is bad for our mental health, she explained.
