COVID-19 and Mental Health
COVID-19 and the mental health implications The COVID-19 Pandemic hit us hard last year and much of the world's population was still coping when the second wave hit us a year later. We all know about the physical health implications of COVID-19 but many ignore the other side of the coin, which is mental health. Mental health is not a topic that should be overlooked especially in this time of the pandemic. Fear, worry, and stress are normal responses to perceived or real threats, and at times when we are faced with uncertainty or the unknown. So it is normal and understandable that people are experiencing fear in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Added to the fear of contracting the virus in a pandemic such as COVID-19 are the significant changes to our daily lives as our movements are restricted in support of efforts to contain and slow down the spread of the virus. Faced with new realities of working from home, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack of