Better Late Than Never: Trends in COVID-19 Infection Rates, Risk Perceptions, and Behavioral Responses in the USA.
During the summer surge, peak worry about COVID-19 illness coincided with the peak of detected cases per capita, and mitigating risk behaviors similarly rose and fell with case rates (Fig. DISCUSSION Our analysis of a large national survey indicates strong correspondence between rising COVID-19 case...
| Published in: | JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 1825 - 1829 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jun2021
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | During the summer surge, peak worry about COVID-19 illness coincided with the peak of detected cases per capita, and mitigating risk behaviors similarly rose and fell with case rates (Fig. DISCUSSION Our analysis of a large national survey indicates strong correspondence between rising COVID-19 case reports and increases in individual risk perceptions and mitigating behaviors. Specifically, we assessed state-level patterns and trends in risk perceptions and risk-mitigating behaviors in relation to reported COVID-19 case rates. |
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