Table 2.
Means and standard deviations of emotions by counties with low versus high COVID-19 death rates
| Low Death Rate | High Death Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotion | Posts M(SD) | Comments M(SD) | Posts M(SD) | Comments M(SD) |
| Positive Emotion | 2.71 (4.67) | 7.05 (16.00) | 2.33 (5.55) | 4.42 (11.92) |
| Negative Emotion | 0.63 (1.44) | 2.00 (6.72) | 0.67 (1.54) | 1.85 (7.67) |
| Anxiety | 0.26 (1.00) | 0.41 (3.49) | 0.23 (0.62) | 0.26 (2.21) |
| Anger | 0.17 (0.74) | 0.61 (4.07) | 0.20 (1.20) | 0.97 (6.46) |
| Sadness | 0.13 (0.67) | 0.31 (2.38) | 0.08 (0.31) | 0.17 (1.85) |