There Are Three Types Of People In COVID-19, Which One Are You?

A new study reveals that 90% of people in the UK support measures to fight COVID-19, of whom 70% strongly support the measures. This is the highest rate ever recorded in the past two decades.

However, while a large part of the population show support for the measures against the pandemic, their influences and people’s attitude vary, as analyzed by the King’s College London. Accordingly, there are three key types of reactions towards the COVID-19 pandemic, Accepting, Suffering, and Resisting.

With some questions, people can be divided into three types based on their experiences of a lockdown during the outbreak. For instance, almost all the Suffering type say that they have experienced more anxiety and depression since the announcement of the measures, as opposed to only 8 percent of Accepting. One-third of Suffering think about the pandemic all the time while the rate is 11% for Accepting.

Meanwhile, Accepting people seem much less likely to experience some major impacts included in the survey. Just 12 percent of them have had less sleep or slept less well during the lockdown while the percentage for the Suffering is 64 percent.

People of the Resisting type have likely argued with their housemates or family, both of whom used non-prescription drugs or drank more alcohol than their normal days.

The Resisting accounts for 9 percent of UK adults, smaller than the other two types, but this still equals to 5 million people. This data is prominent as they view the situation differently from the other two types regarding some of its major aspects, and they behave differently.

The most notable thing about this type is that 60% of them think that people are overreacting to the pandemic. With this in mind, over 30% of them expect like to be normal again after three months, three times that of the others. And only 25% of them strongly support the lockdown measures currently in place, as opposed to 75% of the Suffering and Accepting.

Also, Resisting people more likely believe in conspiracy theories and not assess the spread of the virus. For instance, 50% of them believe the coronavirus may have been created in a laboratory while 60% of them believe most UK people are already infected with the virus without knowing it.

As a result, they performed worse in terms of compliance with the government’s guidance, with 40% saying they have gone outside and gathered with friends while the other two groups hardly did this.

The survey also suggests that the Resisting fear the future influence of the lockdown on themselves. Over 66% of them think they will lose their job and become financially troubled due to the lockdown. This seems in line with them not taking the order seriously with fear of impacts on their personal lives.

It’s worth noting that 50% of this group consists of people aged from 16 to 24. On the other hand, Accepting includes older people with 41% of them at 55 years old. Meanwhile, Suffering includes people of all ages, but mainly women with men making up most of the other two groups. According to the survey, women have higher stress levels, concern about the effect of the ongoing lockdown as well as difficulty sleeping.

The survey also reveals different political supports. While Accepting people are much more likely to support Conservative, Resisting people are more likely to be Labour supporters, and Suffering people are most likely to support Remain.

Studying people’s different reactions and responses to the pandemic helps governments and officials come up with strategies to increase compliance with measures against COVID-19 as well as to make better plans.

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