A group of researchers conducted a study on how the Covid-19 pandemic impacts mental health and, more specifically, how the Covid-19 vaccine impacts the mental health of those vaccinated.

The research was conducted by the Understanding America Study, which conducted regular interviews of Americans between March of 2020 and June of 2021. One of the hypotheses being evaluated by the study was whether being vaccinated against Covid-19 reduced distress in the interviewed subjects, and subjects’ perceived risks of infection, hospitalization, and/or death.

The results seemed to indicate that there is some correlation and that the vaccine does induce a sense of relief in the recipients. Distress, as measured by answers in interviews, appeared to drop, and there was a 7.77 percent drop in the perceived risk of contracting Covid-19.