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“By the time I looked up from that moment, all my Fox guys had their hands over their hearts, the national anthem’s playing. I somewhat panic and I’m like, ‘Do I be the fool that puts his hand over his heart after or do I just stand here with my hand in front of me respectfully?’

Vocational assessor Elva Breen said that after the incident, Ms Hand found great difficulty in working in a customer-facing role and was struggling with significant anxiety and panic attacks.

Any public voice who suggests that everything is going to be fine and that panic or despair are unwarranted should not be taken seriously.

Dame Sally said she had later attended a meeting where concerns about the statement and whether it would "panic the public" were raised.

Carlos Perea, an immigrant rights advocate who supported the measure, said those groups “hit the panic button.”