“…2 The importance of solidarity across all sectors of frontline working first became apparent through qualitative explorations of frontline workers' experiences during the summer of 2020 ( Kinsella et al, 2021 ). Specifically, participants across all sectors (not limited to healthcare) often cited feeling that the government and the public were not working “with” them, most notably through representations in the media of pandemic denial, rule breaking, and inconsistency of messaging ( Kinsella et al, 2021 ; Sumner and Kinsella, 2021b ). Solidarity, in this sense, is distinct from social support, which is more typically defined as an individual having access to practical, tangible, or emotional support from others ( Cohen and Wills, 1985 ).…”