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Complacency, panic, and the value of gentle rule enforcement in addressing pandemics

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  • Ido Erev

    (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Ori Plonsky

    (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Yefim Roth

    (University of Haifa)

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The impact of pandemics is magnified by the coexistence of two contradicting reactions to rare dire risks: panic and the ‘it won’t happen to me’ effect that hastens spread of the disease. We review research that clarifies the conditions that trigger the two biases, and we highlight the potential of gentle rule enforcement policies that can address these problematic conditions.

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  • Ido Erev & Ori Plonsky & Yefim Roth, 2020. "Complacency, panic, and the value of gentle rule enforcement in addressing pandemics," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 4(11), pages 1095-1097, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:4:y:2020:i:11:d:10.1038_s41562-020-00939-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-00939-z
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