This is purely my opinion based on a cursory glance of a few threads. I’m sure the levels of stress due to this pandemic are worse with UK posters. I can’t comment on the USA, Canada, Aus or NZ press, but the UK media are an absolute disgrace. They’re really getting off on this piling on the misery.
I haven’t read any news or watched TV for a week. I cancelled my TV licence last month. In my car, I put music on as I’m not interested in constant drivel about you know what. Actually, I drove for two minutes on the 24th (raining/lazy) and accidentally had BBC radio on. What a surprise, it was a phone in about you know what. Put a sock on it, BBC.
I think we’d all fare better mentally by switching off the news.