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7 ways to better design quarantine, based on what we know about human behaviour – The Conversation AU
It’s easy to judge people who escape from quarantine as not doing their bit. But if we use some basic principles from behavioural science, we might stop people wanting to escape in the first place.
When we hear of people who have allegedly escaped from mandatory quarantine whether thats from hotels in Perth, Toowoomba, Sydney or Auckland its easy to ask: What were they thinking? Why didnt they just follow the rules?.
But our recent review shows people are less likely to follow public health advice if they misunderstand, or have negative attitudes towards it.
The challenge is that while COVID-19 has been with us since the beginning of the year, we still may not necessarily know someone in…
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