Research
March 29, 2021
Consumers are reporting feeling less anxiety regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of vaccination rollouts and fewer cases. Image credit: Getty
By Katie Tamola
After one full year of living amid the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are reporting their lowest anxiety levels since April 2020, while still feeling that several of their pandemic-era practices will stay intact.
{"ct":"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","iv":"db5f39a191c54552c751e950494e50bf","s":"9e50f1b920111d25"}
Share your thoughts. Click here