Getting real about Coronaphobia and the return to “Normalcy”

The Covid-19 Pandemic was a once-in-a-generation event. Most people in the United States had not lived through a deadly pandemic before and we all found different ways to cope with the uncertainty and mass loss of life.

First, let me say that it is completely normal to still be anxious even as vaccinations rise in the United States and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

During this pandemic, there was so much uncertainty, so much confusion, so much loss of life, and such a lack of leadership that we were not sure where to turn for trusted information.

It has been a time and this time has had a dramatic effect on our mental health.

Internal Medicine physician, Dr. Lucy McBride shared in a podcast that 50% of her patient visits are spent addressing the mental health issues caused by the pandemic.

We must not minimize the enormous loss of life from the Covid-19 and we must not deny the seriousness of Covid-19 and its long-term effects.

We must also not minimize the anxiety surrounding Covid-19 that some have called “Coronaphobia”.

As a result, Dr. McBride wrote a tremendously helpful article for Huffington Post to address this issue publicly, “I’m a doctor treating…