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T12 0-14 Sentence denotes To the editor:
T13 15-329 Sentence denotes Since the outbreak of the SARS CoV-2-virus in China, a vast number of unprecedented political initiatives have been undertaken internationally to keep the pandemic under control.1 People all over the world have been exposed to increasingly unsettling news, and lately also unparalleled incursions into their lives.
T14 330-466 Sentence denotes In Germany after a period of restraint, federal governments announced the shutdown of educational institutions on Friday, 13 March 2020.
T15 467-555 Sentence denotes This was the first direct encroachment onto the lives of a large part of the population.
T16 556-605 Sentence denotes German borders were partially closed on 15 March.
T17 606-880 Sentence denotes The following day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among other leaders, appealed for solidarity and compliance with medical recommendations by a long awaited public speech (unprecedented television address), whereas other international leaders repeatedly also used Twitter.
T18 881-1027 Sentence denotes 2 Finally, on 22 March, the government announced a prohibition of contact, which largely bans gatherings of more than two people in public spaces.
T19 1028-1119 Sentence denotes The political effects of the COVID-19-pandemic are unprecedented, as are the psychological.
T20 1120-1231 Sentence denotes However, how do people cope with these changes and implementations, as well as the spread of the virus as such?
T21 1232-1504 Sentence denotes We launched a survey to ask respondents about the level of threat they perceived, their trust in governmental interventions, their level of general anxiety and depression, their safety-related behavior (i.e. buying groceries), and how they evaluate virus-specific hazards.
T22 1505-1647 Sentence denotes Running the survey over that acutely critical period of 2 weeks allowed us to investigate developments over time from 10 to 24 March (Fig. 1).
T23 1648-1857 Sentence denotes From the first day onwards, COVID-19-related fear, as well as safety behavior, show a clear upswing with a peak 1 day after the announcement of governmental restrictions and curtailment of individual freedoms.
T24 1858-1936 Sentence denotes COVID-19-related fear peaks a second time 1 day after the Chancellor’s speech.
T25 1937-2061 Sentence denotes Trust in governmental interventions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 increases from the day of their implementation onwards.
T26 2062-2121 Sentence denotes A rising tendency is also shown for anxiety and depression.
T27 2122-2239 Sentence denotes This suggests that concern about COVID-19 could cause more disconcertion alongside psychopathological manifestations.
T28 2240-2398 Sentence denotes Slight upward trends can be seen for respondents’ evaluation of the risk of catching the virus, of suffering complications and of dying from it (if diseased).
T29 2399-2849 Sentence denotes In addition, the reported risk of suffering complications and the risk of dying from COVID-19 peak on the day after safety policies were announced, possibly demonstrating a top-down regulation of risk evaluation under stress.3 Besides illustrating the indubitably increasing concern regarding the spread of COVID-19, insights are three-fold: people are profoundly disconcerted by the COVID-19 outbreak, and this might even reach a critical threshold.
T30 2850-3118 Sentence denotes In this case, establishing emergency infrastructure for people suffering from withdrawal and psychological disconcertion is crucial.4,5 Second, the level of trust in governmental policies is gaining ground, not only via social media but all along with public speeches.
T31 3119-3261 Sentence denotes Third, the subjective perceived risk is overestimated compared to existing incidence rates,6 which might be a result of the feeling of threat.
T32 3262-3356 Sentence denotes The public concern about COVID-19 needs to be acknowledged by an explicit information policy.7
T33 3357-3751 Sentence denotes Fig. 1 Results on the psychological impact of the spread of COVID-19 from 10 March to 24 March 2020. (a) and (b) show self-reported levels of anxiety and depression as measured using standardized instruments (GAD-7 and PHQ-2), as well as COVID-19-related fear, trust in government interventions, and safety-related behavior (e.g. stockpiling groceries) on a seven-point Likert scale over time.
T34 3752-3999 Sentence denotes On 22 March, 11.9% of the respondents reached the cutoff for depression and 10% reached the cutoff for generalized anxiety. (c) shows judgements concerning the likelihood of dying from, suffering complications from or catching COVID-19 in percent.
T35 4000-4041 Sentence denotes Overall, 12.244 respondents participated.
T36 4042-4118 Sentence denotes Vertical lines indicate dates of significant political landmarks in Germany.
T37 4119-4147 Sentence denotes Error bars represent 95%CIs.
T38 4149-4169 Sentence denotes Conflict of interest
T39 4170-4201 Sentence denotes We have no competing interests.