Psychological consequences of Covid-19 may be contextualized by examining HIV.
With the considerable anxiety and uncertainty associated with the Corona-19 pandemic, it is useful to think about what we already know about psychological responses associated with another global pandemic, namely HIV and AIDS. However, in as much as both Corona and HIV are global pandemics, there are some important differences in these conditions in terms of how they are spread, how people respond to them, and how they are managed.