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The prolonged stress, uncertainty and grief of the pandemic is making people angry — and some of them are taking it out in public. A 

 found that 41 percent of adults said the upheaval caused by the pandemic has made them angry. And that has caused people to 

have outbursts in grocery stores, on airplanes and other public places

, and it’s a response to the frustration, grief and fear that the pandemic has caused. But when anger is uncontrolled, 

it can lead to physical health problems, relationship issues and can be harmful to others

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the increase in pandemic bad behavior with a New York Times journalist. And she talks about the causes of our anger and how to better manage it with a psychologist and an advice columnist. 

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The prolonged stress, uncertainty and grief of the pandemic is making people angry — and some of them are taking it out in public. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the increase in pandemic bad behavior with a New York Times journalist. And she talks about the causes of our anger and how to better manage it with a psychologist and an advice columnist.

MPR News with Angela Davis - The prolonged stress, uncertainty and grief of the pandemic is making people angry — and some of them are taking it out in public. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the increase in pandemic bad behavior with a New York Times journalist. And she talks about the causes of our anger and how to better manage it with a psychologist and an advice columnist.

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