Are you suffering from
pandemic fatigue?
How to move on and become proactive By Charndré Emma Kippie
As we move past the half year
From a business perspective,
compliance with Covid-19
mark for 2021, it is a time of
many employees are growing
protocols, such as constantly
reflection as we realise how
tired of all the ongoing
maintaining safe social distance
far the world has come in our
pandemic-related restrictions,
when in office and wearing a
efforts to combat the coronavirus
updates and the need to
face mask all day. This behaviour
pandemic. Going on to two years
constantly adapt and then
is a clear sign of ‘pandemic
of prevalence in South Africa,
re-adapt to changing lockdown
fatigue’, which is creating
Covid-19 has had major effects
levels. As a result, many
challenges and potential legal
on all sectors of our nation.
employees are becoming
risks that employers urgently
heedless in maintaining
need to address.
The reality is that everyone is exhausted; tired of ‘pandemic talk’ and drained by the rollercoaster of lockdown level adjustments.
A Decrease in Compliance The University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the Human Sciences Research Council recently completed a study to zoom in on the use of face masks in public spaces in South Africa throughout the pandemic. The study indicated a concerning trend pointing to ‘Pandemic Fatigue’, as well as decreasing public compliance with health safety measures, as South Africa desperately looks to avoid further waves of Covid-19 infections. 100 | TOP HR LEADERS