Table 3.

Frequency of qualitative codes applied to COVID-19-related harassment/bullied/hurt excerpts

Qualitative code (7e. been harassed, bullied or hurt because of coronavirus, please explain)	Applied to excerpts (# (%)) (n=327)	Example quotation
Happened in/related to the community	109 (33.1)	Mi sobrina que es Medica, la Hostigan en su domicilio los vecinos diciendolae que se valla de alli… (My niece, who is a doctor, is harassed at her home by the neighbors telling her to get out of there…) (Participant from South America)
Happened with police/government officials	45 (13.7)	The military police use very high handed methods at roadblocks and when the curfew hours start in the evening. I will just say it like that. (Male participant, in his 50s, from sub-Saharan Africa)
Involved violence	44 (13.4)	Son [is] deputy supermarket manager—has been threatened and verbally abused at work. (Participant from Western Europe, 60s)
Racism	27 (8.2)	My partner and his family as Asian, and they have been on the receiving end of racist remarks and harassment for the last 3 months because of this virus. (Early 20s, other gender, Northern Europe)
Happened in social media/popular media	23 (7.0)	Verbal harassment on social media from COVID-19 nay-sayers (Male participant, in his 60s, North America)
Happened in/related to work	21 (6.4)	Mi esposa trabaja en un hospital. Los vecinos no nos hablan. (My wife works in a hospital. Neighbors don't speak to us.) (Male participant, in his 30s, Caribbean)
Happened within the family	19 (5.8)	We were harassed and bullied by our overseas family, they called us cowards and a lot of other nasty things and tried to pressure us into continuing with overseas travel plans (we had asked them not to visit us as previously planned due to concerns about the virus). (Female participant, in her 20s, from Oceania)
Bullied for wearing mask	15 (4.6)	Yelled at for wearing a mask. Coughed on at a gas station. Just hate going out… (Female participant, in her 60s, from North America)
Bullied for NOT wearing a mask	7 (2.1)	E' stato picchiato poichè non aveva la mascherina. Ma non è colpa sua se non è possibile comprarle o trovarle nei negozi… (He was beaten because he didn't have a mask. But it’s not his fault that you can't buy them or find them in stores.) (Male participant, in his 20s, from Southern Europe)