Before revision:   Our real-time operationalization of Strong's model  makes it possible to embed epidemic psychology in any real-time model (e.g., epidemiological and mobility models).
After revision:  Overall, refusal of accepting reality gradually died off as the year went on, while acceptance increasingly took hold. During 2020, as cases surged in waves, so did anger, re-emerging cyclically at each wave. Our real-time operationalization of Strong's model makes it possible to embed epidemic psychology in any real-time model (e.g., epidemiological and mobility models).