How COVID-19 pandemic changed emotions

A survey measured people’s feelings, on 7 different emotions, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. How did people’s feelings change during different periods of time?

Details to help you to understand the graphs

• Week 1: mid-November, 2019
• Purple line 1: Week 20 – The beginning of the lockdown
• Purple line 2: Week 30 – The end of the lockdown
• Red line: Peak of COVID deaths

Sadness

My observation

• People became sadder when the lockdown started.
• The drop around week 45 is when the COVID Vaccine was announced

Happiness

• Happiness among people under 30 was pretty stable
• When the lockdown started, the older 2 age groups became less happy

Enjoyment

Anger

• Younger people were angrier about the pandemic

Stress

• Younger people were more stressed

Worry

• People were the most worried during the lockdown

Physical pain

• Physical pain did not change much over time.

Conclusions

• COVID strongly affected people’s emotions.
• People were more affected in the beginning of the pandemic than later when the death rate was higher.
• Younger people’s emotions were more affected.