The phrase "are so affected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe individuals or groups that are significantly influenced or impacted by a particular situation or event.
Example: "The communities in the area are so affected by the recent flooding that many families have lost their homes."
Alternatives: "are greatly impacted" or "are heavily influenced".
"There has been quite a lot of experience from people who have dealt with Ebola outbreaks that came before this one, and while this one does seem to be a little bit unusual in terms of the number of deaths, there are a lot of other explanations for why healthcare workers are so affected".
According to Morrison (2006), businesses are so affected by external macro-environments that they cannot plan political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal factors facing them.
It's a surprise that people are so affected.
People who engage with his work are so affected by it because not only is he writing about a journey, an interior journey, but he takes the reader on that journey successfully," Griffin told me.
The clinician mainly has to rely on clinical signs [ 1] since objective fast-reacting inflammatory markers (white blood cell count [WBC] and absolute numbers of granulocytes) usually are so affected by the steroid treatment per se [ 2] that they are inadequate for reliable monitoring.
Although very few kids with chromosome disorders are so affected that they can't walk or talk, most have some degree of cognitive or learning disability.
That the final minutes are so affecting is testament to the scrupulous work of New York's Mabou Mines company, under the direction of Lee Breuer.
The notes he plucks on his guitar are so affecting, he seems to be in touch with a sadness that passes all understanding.
"I was so affected and energized by 'The Connection,' " Edward Albee said yesterday.
I remember being so affected by Benedict Cumberbatch reading Kurt Cobain's suicide letter.
