1Cademy - Fear, germ panic, and psychosocial consequences of infectious diseases

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Fear, germ panic, and psychosocial consequences of infectious diseases

Historically, exaggerated fear of infection compared to other conditions because infection is rapid, invisible, and imminent; patient is a victim and a vector; high mortality and ever evolving
Psychosocial consequences in previous acute outbreaks (SARS) included stigmatization caused by lack of preparedness that amplified physiological and psychological effects; fear, denial, frustration, three stages in the response to fear
Psychosocial consequences of gradually evolving epidemics (AIDS): activism as double-edged sword where awareness augments health literacy but also enhances fear/sense of threat, especially when misinterpreted by media
Fear of forthcoming epidemics (avian influenza, mad cow disease): highlighting subconscious and memories of past epidemics and how that distorts our perception and response to the perceived threat

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Updated 2021-07-14

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