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“Why Don’t They Just Do What We Tell Them?” Risk Communication in the Time of COVID-19

Abstract:

An Op-Ed piece written by Dr. Bass in CommonHealth, a journal by Temple University’s College of Public Health. This piece discusses COVID, risk communication, and why optimism bias plays a large role in our decision making process when evaluating risk behaviors.

Bauerle Bass S. “Why don’t they just do what we tell them? ” Risk communication in the time of COVID-19. CommonHealth. December 2020;1(3):157-159. doi:10.15367/ch.v1i3.415