Are Good News (Vaccines!) and Bad News (Variants!) Giving You Psychological Whiplash?

Why ‘uncertainty of safety’ is driving your brain bananas right now

Anna Maltby
Elemental
Published in
2 min readMar 2, 2021

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After a year of terrifying news, we’re finally seeing some lights at the end of the tunnel: three(!) vaccines; almost 70 million doses already administered; a new administration that seems to actually listen…

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Anna Maltby
Elemental

Editor and writer. Past: Elemental, Real Simple, Refinery29, SELF. Certified personal trainer; prenatal and postnatal exercise specialist. Cat & person mom.