Cognitive behavioral therapy can help people examine their perceived need to save objects, alter those thoughts and ultimately minimize the distress around discarding possessions.
Advertisement: “At this point, death becomes baked into our expectation of what will happen with this virus,” Benning said. “Whereas before, many people believed it wasn’t any worse than the flu.” He said that COVID fatigue can lead to less caution, which in turn could result in “twice, three times as many deaths as we could have had.” “We risk making this a much deadlier virus, by letting it spread unchecked through the community,” Benning said. That complacency is troubling to Arizona health experts. A state health department spokesperson said in an email this month that pandemic fatigue “is an area of concern as it may cause individuals to let down their guard.”
Written by Moira McCarthy on December 9, 2020 â Fact checked by Maria Gifford
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was criticized for attending a dinner inside a restaurant after advising the public to avoid indoor gatherings. Getty Images
The governor of California and the mayor of Austin, Texas, have been criticized for not following the COVID-19 guidelines they issued to the public.
Experts say when elected leaders disregard the rules, they can lose the publicâs trust and encourage citizens to also break the rules.
If leaders feel a rule must be broken, then they should look at whether that rule needs to be changed, they say.