The Epidemic After the Pandemic is Stress and Anxiety in America – Learning From Ginger

“U.S. workers were stressed before COVID-19; now, stress levels are through the roof,” based on data analyzed by Ginger, the digital behavioral health innovator, asserting this major mental health headline in its latest press release.

Working Americans were becoming increasingly stressed, distressed, and anxious in February 2020, when Ginger fielded this study.

Key data points from their analysis of U.S. workers’ feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic included:

• 7 in 10 working people said this was the most stressful time of their working lives
• 7 in 10 workers believed fellow employees in their companies were significantly less productive due to stress and anxiety due to COVID-19
• Individually, 1 in 3 workers were losing at least 2 hours a...