This study was from the first lockdown period in June / July 2020, which I expect not to be strongly correlated with the way people feel now. In my experience

This study was from the first lockdown period in June / July 2020, which I expect not to be strongly correlated with the way people feel now. In my experience and from talking with friends and family, it wasn't the initial lockdown that took a toll on their mental health - it was the sustained lockdowns over a two year period. The first lockdown was stressful and there was a lot of uncertainty, but it was also novel and exciting in a way with a sense of the entire world coming together to overcome something. After three or four lockdowns that no longer held.