… The percentage of people experiencing significant stress and worry the day before — typically very stable rates — experienced unprecedented increases in the first half of March with stress rising 14 percentage points to 60% and worry rising 20 points to 58%. In practical terms, about 51 million more adults were suffering significant worry in late March/early April than were experiencing the same emotion back in August/September. CONT.
Dan Witters & Jim Harter, Gallup
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