American scientists have found that during a pandemic it is useful to watch funny katinka memes, it helps to relieve stress and not think about kovid. And even memes about coronavirus help not to think about coronavirus!
The study was conducted by scientists from the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Pennsylvania. They interviewed 748 people between the ages of 18 and 88. Research results are published by Psychology of Popular Media.
The researchers assessed the stress level of the respondents before the survey, showed them three funny pictures or three funny text messages, and asked them again about the level of anxiety and whether they were thinking about the problems associated with COVID-19. After looking at the pictures, most of the respondents said that the level of anxiety has decreased, and the level of positive emotions has increased, and they think less about the pandemic. Interestingly, even those memes, the content of which was associated with the pandemic and covid, acted this way.
Since scientists have officially proven the benefits of memes, let's fight stress together and recall the best jokes and memes about vaccination that were published on kp.ru. And here we have collected masterpieces of painting, which have been converted into coronavirus memes. It's very funny, really.
