The effects of pandemic fatigue could mean more preventable deaths, preventable disabilities, preventable traumas, and preventable Covid-19 infections, since the great number of infections are likely to reach vulnerable populations. Systemic desensitization to these deaths, due to pandemic fatigue/burnout, will also mean less empathy and more narcissism.
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