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As pandemic progressed, people’s perceived risks went up: Individual’s personal risk assessments were found to be linked to behavioral changes – Science Daily
A recent study documents how personal risk assessment and protective behaviors are linked.
In the first week of the coronavirus pandemic, people living in the United States underestimated their chances of catching the virus, or of getting seriously ill from the virus, according to a recently published Caltech-led study. But as the days progressed, those same people became more worried about their personal risk, and, as a result, began to increase protective behaviors such as washing hands and social distancing.”A little bit of anxiety is good in this case,” says Toby Wise, a visiting …
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