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At Level 1, the person has poor mental, behavioral, and psychosocial health. The individual has very little respect for the seriousness, lethality, and consequences of a pandemic virus. They are generally noncompliant with virus hygiene protocols and do not endorse getting vaccinated, wearing masks, washing hands, or maintaining a safe social distance. There is an overall lack of recognition of the seriousness, lethality, and consequences of a pandemic virus. Individuals at Level 1 experience and react with irrational fear and anxiety; however, this is directed solely toward their changing environment, which they do not understand, recognize, or feel they have control over because of a pandemic disaster. Individuals at Level 1 may or may not be triggered by specific events (e.g., media reporting of positive COVID-19 cases, COVID-related illnesses and deaths, school and workplace closures). This is because they lack awareness of a pandemic disaster and how it could potentially adversely impact their present life. Clinically significant psychological/emotional symptoms and conditions exist but are rarely dealt with, except during a crisis. The individual does not exhibit stress-hardy behaviors. The ability to bounce back from adversity is poor because of inadequate coping and resiliency skills. Individuals at Level 1 do not endorse public health principles, practices, guidelines, and government mandates associated with a pandemic disaster. They view virus hygiene and adherence to public health guidelines as nonessential to the protection of themselves and others. They do not recognize the importance of public health guidance and government mandates. Thus, persons at Level 1 take many more virus hygiene risks than persons at Level 2. Individuals at Level 2 struggle with balance, adaptation, and adjustment in relation to their changing pandemic environment. They typically do not have the capacity to respond to the grief, loss, and extraordinary stressful and/or traumatic events associated with a pandemic virus because they are much too internally focused on their unhealthy thoughts, feelings, and cognitions. Persons at Level 1 struggle with balancing the reality of a pandemic disaster with other life responsibilities. They cannot move forward because of life circumstances related to their medical, physical, and mental health conditions. Persons at Level 1 also have marked academic, job, career, relational, financial, and other hardships that may be beyond their control. Their overall mental and physical well-being is compromised by their inability to cope with adversity. Persons at Level 1 find very little meaning in their existence and find it difficult to gain relief during phases of a pandemic disaster. Adjustment and adaptation to the overall effects of a pandemic virus are poor because they do not recognize a path forward to overall health and well-being. The mental, behavioral, psychosocial, and medical/physical health of the individual at Level 1 is demonstrated by the following.