Analysis

More Australians are worried about a recession and an increasingly selfish society than about coronavirus itself

By Alexander Saeri, Emily Grundy, Liam Smith, Michael Noetel, Peter Slattery
Updated April 7 2020 - 11:16am, first published 11:00am
What are people worried about? Picture: Isaac Quesada/Unsplash
What are people worried about? Picture: Isaac Quesada/Unsplash

More Australians are worried about the longer-lasting, societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic - specifically that the health system could be overburdened and the country could enter a recession - than they are about the more immediate changes to their own lives, our new survey of 1,000 Australians reveals.

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