coronaphobia

English

Etymology

corona(virus) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

coronaphobia

1. (neologism) Fear or hysteria caused by COVID-19 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
   • 2020 March 8, Charlie Smith, “B.C. MLA Andrew Weaver expresses his exasperation over a coronaphobia-induced run on toilet paper”, in Georgia Straight:

     And, as Weaver noted, there wasn't any toilet paper on the shelves—all due to what some are calling "coronaphobia".

   • 2020 March 16, Ben Ong, “The crash we have to have”, in Financial Standard, volume 18, number 5, 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.

   • 2020 May 3, Henry Holloway, “Lidl becomes ‘first supermarket to close a UK store due to coronavirus’ after staff struck down with bug”, in The Sun, UK:

     It came as a poll last week revealed two thirds of Brits were suffering from “coronaphobia” and were too scared to leave the house or return to work.

   • 2021 February 9, Stacey Colino, “‘Coronaphobia’: Covid anxiety has a name. Here’s how to cope.”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-10:

     If you think you might have coronaphobia, and one of your worries is that this problem is destined to be with you for life, keep this in mind: “Health anxiety can be transient,” Taylor says. “Just because you’re experiencing health anxiety during the pandemic doesn’t mean it’s going to become a long-term problem.” The key is to take steps now to manage it and prevent it from becoming entrenched.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:coronaphobia.