A sharp sense of existential dread has taken up residence in my psyche. Covid-19 has also created a "younger generation with awareness of mortality," Landerman said. Many younger and generally healthy people I know did not give serious thought to our own sense of mortality -- until Covid-19 hit. Not everyone grasps their own mortalityNot everyone has advantaged the pandemic to grapple with the realities of death and dying, though. Jenna Lasky, a 20-year-old college student from Georgia, says Covid-19 has impacted her own sense of mortality, but she also maintains agency over how she processes those feelings.

Source: CNN March 21, 2021 06:00 UTC