"Corona weariness" is now more of a buzzword than "Corona solidarity". Reduced contact with family and friends, difficult work circumstance or no work at all, limitations in everday life, anxieties about the future, stress and uncertainties - all of this makes us tired, and frustrated as well. Will the vaccinations put an end to this COVID frustration? Sociologist Karin Scaria-Braunstein, co-author of the survey "When life remains at home", says:
"There is no simple answer to this question. The sense of frustration caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (the term “Corona-Frust” has emerged in German) has many different aspects. People talk about feeling angry and disappointed, but also gloomy and despondent.
These emotions are felt not only about the virus itself, but also towards various individuals, institutions and organisations; towards politicians, the media – and also our immediate social circle. Gloom and despondency can have many causes including a sense of powerlessness and/or exhaustion.
Frustration is often connected with expectations being repeatedly dashed. People are attaching great hopes to the vaccination programme. Right now it seems to be the only effective way to gradually restore our “normal lives”. If our expectations of the vaccination roll-out are not fulfilled in the next few months, then we may see not only intensified anger, but also more gloom and despondency."