However, the authors write that the most visible way that “coronaphobia” may be affecting Canadians’ behavior may not be changes to their hygiene practices, but an increase of reports of xenophobia within the country.
To their credit, Health Minister Adrian Dix, Burnaby mayor Mike Hurley, and several Burnaby councillors and provincial politicians, as well as NDP MP Peter Julian, visited the Crystal Mall yesterday to show their support for Chinese-owned businesses suffering the fallout from coronaphobia.
And, as Weaver noted, there wasn't any toilet paper on the shelves—all due to what some are calling "coronaphobia".
2020, Ben Ong, "The crash we have to have", Financial Standard, Volume 18, Number 5, 16 March 2020, page 28:
The global freezing (of economic activity) wrought by coronaphobia is shaking what has become an orthodoxy since the Global Financial Crisis that central banks are the new masters of the universe.
The measures will also try to allay the cautious public's 'coronaphobia' after polls showed opinion overwhelmingly weighing in behind extending the lockdown.
Suicidality as a release or relief from ‘incurable illness’- coronaphobia or a feeling of beak[sic] and barren future might be an ultimate tragedy. Sorely, COVID-19-related suicides have been recently reported from India.
2020 September 8, Tammy Chen, “Dentists Are Seeing an Epidemic of Cracked Teeth. What’s Going On?”, in The New York Times[1]:
From Covid-induced nightmares to “doomsurfing” to “coronaphobia,” it’s no secret that pandemic-related anxiety is affecting our collective mental health. That stress, in turn, leads to clenching and grinding, which can damage the teeth.
