I know people who cannot move on with their lives or adjust because of overwhelming anxiety due to COVID.
Actually I had a friend who had overwhelming anxiety due to Trump's election too. He thought we were in danger of being killed by North Korea because Trump and the leader were exchanging words a few years ago. It was media saber rattling, but sometimes people can't tell the difference when the they are constantly being shouted at with alarmist "news".
What I do instead is visit the LOCAL newspaper for the COVID guidelines in my area, maybe once a week. Follow the guidelines, but otherwise move on with your life to the degree possible.
Good advice, local newspapers also have a hard time financially, and a small amount of potential customers (who can -and, arguably, should- be interested). It does depend on your interest in a subject (COVID-19 in this specific case). One way to gauge it is asking yourself: "how is this beneficial for me any my loved ones?"
Thing is, that's why I was interested in COVID-19 in the first place. I lost my father 5 years ago. Difficult. My mother is in 3 risk groups for COVID-19. I really, really don't want to lose my mother as well. That's where my COVID-19 anxiety stemmed from.
Pregnant partner? 2 y.o. daughter? Unborn child? None of these are in risk groups. I wasn't worried about them, at all.
And that's a problem with irrational fear. Perhaps it isn't irrational. We are convinced it isn't irrational. How do we know for sure if it is irrational? How can we bring it more in line to reality? [1]
[1] I am not a psychologist, but if you have that with a lot of things in life, you might wanna say hello to GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder).
https://stallman.org/articles/dont-watch-covid-tv.html
I know people who cannot move on with their lives or adjust because of overwhelming anxiety due to COVID.
Actually I had a friend who had overwhelming anxiety due to Trump's election too. He thought we were in danger of being killed by North Korea because Trump and the leader were exchanging words a few years ago. It was media saber rattling, but sometimes people can't tell the difference when the they are constantly being shouted at with alarmist "news".
What I do instead is visit the LOCAL newspaper for the COVID guidelines in my area, maybe once a week. Follow the guidelines, but otherwise move on with your life to the degree possible.