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A year into the pandemic, the coronavirus is messing with our minds as well as our bodies

  • Written by Athena Aktipis, Associate Professor of Psychology, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University
imageIt's not a stretch to say asymptomatic spreaders unwittingly engage in zombielike behaviors. gremlin via Getty Images

COVID-19 has hijacked people’s lives, families and work. And, it has hijacked their bodies and minds in ways that they may not even be aware of.

As we see it, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a sort of zombie...

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