As the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic sank its teeth into the US, researchers say America as a whole became deeply unnerved.<br />According to CNN, a new study shows Google searches for anxiety symptoms spiked from mid-March to mid-May.<br />In fact, researchers at the University of California San Diego say they were the highest they've been in the history of the ubiquitous search engine.<br />Anxiety and panic attack searches corresponded to major news events, including March 16th and March 29th, 2020.<br />That's when social distancing guidelines were put in place nationally, and when those guidelines were extended, respectively.
