Is contagion anxiety related to death anxiety?

[Rob]

Apparently, researchers have found that some people are more prone than others to experience contagion anxiety. I'm wondering if contagion anxiety is somehow related to death anxiety.

"Respondents with the highest contagion-anxiety scores were the most likely to indicate that they would vote for Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, the more conservative candidate, over Democrat Barack Obama."

LA Times article is here:

Large population surveys have shown a relationship between germophobia and xenophobia.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcauliffe-germs-parasites-and-politics-20160727-snap-story.html