Collective Emotions during the Covid-19 Outbreak

Time series of emotions in each country

In all timeline plots below, the black dashed line indicates the onset of nationwide social distancing measures that concern the general population, rather than just some small subgroups (e.g. prisons, retirement homes, universities). Such general measures include closures of bars, restaurants, schools, kindergardens, stay at home orders, restrictions on the usage of public transport etc.

Italy events:

• Gray: Date of first case in Italy

USA events:

• Green: USA kills Iraqi military commander Soleimani on 2020-01-03
• Purple: Death of Kobe Bryant on 2020-01-26
• Blue: Super Bowl annual chamiponship of the National Football League (NFL) on 2020-02-03. Large sports events are usually linked to an increase of various emotions, not just anxiety, so it is likely that we will see a similar increase when analyzing other emotions.
• Black: date where the first state implements some form of lockdown 2020-03-19, the last state follows on 2020-04-07

Spain events:

• Blue: Parliament election of prime minister in polarized climate 2020-01-05

Germany events:

• Red: Terrorist attack in Hanau on 2020-02-25

Austria events:

• Red: Terrorist attack in Hanau on 2020-02-25

Switzerland events:

• Red: Terrorist attack in Hanau on 2020-02-25

Netherlands events:

• Red: Terrorist attack in Hanau on 2020-02-25

Belgium events:

• Red: Terrorist attack in Hanau on 2020-02-25

Canada events:

• Green: USA kills Iraqi military commander Soleimani on 2020-01-03
• Purple: Death of Kobe Bryant on 2020-01-26
• Blue: Super Bowl annual chamiponship of the National Football League (NFL) on 2020-02-03. Large sports events are usually linked to an increase of various emotions, not just anxiety, so it is likely that we will see a similar increase when analyzing other emotions.
• Black: date where 90% of US population under some form of lockdown, first state on 2020-03-19, last state on 2020-04-07

Chile events:

• Green 1: Peak associated with civil protests against increased cost of living, privatisation and social inequality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Chilean_protests).
• Green 2: Protests against violence against women

Mexico events:

• Green: Protests against violence against women after the murder of Ingrid Escamilla and Fátima Aldrighett

Time series of cases in all countries

In Latin America, cases only start to increase later than in Europe and North America.