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How people react to the threat of disease could mean COVID-19 is reshaping personalities

  • Written by Vivian Zayas, Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell University
How people react to the threat of disease could mean COVID-19 is reshaping personalitiesYour body wants you to freak out about germs so you avoid them.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be “imprinted on the personality of our nation for a very long time,” predicted Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

No doubt in the future...

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