According to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), the COVID-19 outbreak is proving to be stressful for most
people. During an infectious disease outbreak, the CDC says stress can
include changes in sleep or eating patterns, worsening of mental health
conditions, fear and worry about your health and difficulty concentrating.
Compounding this stress is the constant stream of news about COVID-19
that we are exposed to on a daily, hourly, and even minute-by-minute
basis.
So what do we do? To strike the balance of moderation while staying informed, the World Health Organization
(WHO) recommends seeking news about COVID-19 mainly so that you can
take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and your
loved ones. Once you have that information, it’s time to turn the news
off.
Self-help writer Rolf Dobelli is ‘calmer and wiser’ since going ‘news free’. He has taken a more radical step of eliminating news entirely. Watch his video below:
Dobelli's stance may be a bit radical for some. However what could be done is to limit the amount of time spent on watching the news to say, half an hour each day.
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