6 THINGS YOU KNEW ABOUT CORONA VIRUS (BUT DIDN'T REALISE YOU DID)

Question 1

BILL GATES’ TED TALK 2015?

Answer 1

‘THE NEXT OUTBREAK? WE’RE NOT READY’

- WARNED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CORONAVIRUSES

Question 2

GHS INDEX 2019 FOR HEALTH SECURITY, WHICH COUNTRIES WERE STIMATED TO BE MOST/MORE/LEAST PREPARED?

Answer 2

MOST: US, AUSTRALIA, UK, FRANCE, SWEDEN, FINLAND…
MORE: MOST SOUTCH AMERIA, EUROPEAN, AND ASIAN COUNTRIES
LEAST: MOST AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Question 3

HYGIENE THEATRE?

Answer 3

PARTICIPATING IN AN APPARENTLY PREVENTATIVE BEHAVIOUR WHICH HAS A MINIMAL IMPACT

Question 4

DESCRIBE THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING COVID-19 (VACCINE WILLINGNESS AS AN EXAMPLE):

Answer 4

3 LEVELS
MACROSYSTEM: TRUST IN GOV, CULTURE, FALSE BELIEFS, SENSE OF CULTURAL IDENTIFICATION, COLLECTIVIST VALUES, FATALISM..
MESOSYSTEM: FAMILY AND FRIEND PRESSURES (+ PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, DEMOGRAPHICS, RESOURCES, RELIGION, SOCIAL MEDIA, MYTHS..)
INDIVIDUAL: COGNITIVE PREDICTORS, SUSCEPTIBILTY TO AND SEVERITY OF INFECTION, BENEFITS AND BARRIERS TO VACCINATION, ANTICIPATED REGRET IF NOT VACCINATED…

Question 5

3 MOST WIDELY USED COGNITIVE MODELS FOR ASSESING BEHAVIOURS REGARDING COVID PANDEMIC

Answer 5

THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR
HEALTH BELIEF MODEL
PROTECTION MOITVATION THEORY

Question 6

KEY FEATURES OF COVID-19 BEHAVIOURS?

Answer 6

• PERCEIVED SUSCEPTIBILITY
• PERCEIVED SEVERITY
• ATITUTED TOWARDS ACTIONS (BENEFITS OF ACTIONS, ANTICIPATED REGRET IF DID NOT..)
• CONTROL (WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, BARRIERS TO ACTION, COPING EFFICACY)
  + INDIVIDUAL VALUES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS

Question 7

PIERCE ET AL (2021) UK HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PANDEMIC FOUND?

Answer 7

ONLY 1/9 PEOPLE HAD DETERIORATING OR CONSISTENTLY POOR MENTAL HEALTH
- MOST AFFECTED THOSE IN LOCKDOWN AREAS, FINANCIAL STRUGGLING, PRE EXISTING CONDITIONS, COVID INFECTED

Question 8

MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PANDEMIC, WHICH POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE THE MOST DISTRESSED?

Answer 8

• WOMEN
• PEOPLE AT THE EPICENTRE OF THE OUTBREAK AT THE TIME
• BEING YOUNGER (FOUND IN VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL, E.G. THAILAND, CHINA, ISRAEL…. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
  HOUSING AND CAREGIVING PROBLEMS
• PREVIOUS HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Question 9

EXAMPLES OF HOW CULTURE CONTRIBUTES TO VACCINE MYTHS AND BELIEFS?

Answer 9

(BELIEF CLUSTERS, DIFFER BY CULTURE), DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORIES OF VACCINE, ARE AT THE DIFFERENT POINT IN PANDEMIC PROGRESSION AND VACCINE ROLLOUT ETC + POLITICS IMPORTANT, VACCINE PREFERENCE DEPENDED ON POLITICAL ORIENTATION, E.G. LEFT WING MORE INCLINED TO ACCEPT MODERNA, RIGHT WING MORE WILLING TO LISTEN TO GOV INSTRUCTIONS AND TAKE CHINESE AND RUSSIAN VACCINES)
ISRAEL: COVID 19 VACCINE CAN ALTER YOUR DNA
HUNGARY: VACCINE CAN LEAD TO ALLERGIES
JAPAN: VACCINE CAN GIVE YOU COVID 19

Question 10

ONS UK 2020 FOUND THAT EARLY ON IN FIRST LOCKDOWN WHAT % OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCED INCREASED KINDNESS AND SENSE OF NATIONAL UNITY?

Answer 10

70%

Question 11

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON INTERPERONAL RELATIONSHIPS?

Answer 11

POS:

• WE MAY SEEK COMFORT IN OTHERS
• SHARED TRAUMA CREATES NEW LIAISONS
• WE MAY DEPEND ON EACH OTHER AND NEW PEOPLE MORE THAN EVER
• INCREASED SENSES OF COLLABORATION, UNITY AND KINDNESS

NEG:

• NEW STRESSORS (E.G. HOME SCHOOLING)
• DISRUPTION TO NORMAL DOMESTIC PRACTICES (MARITAL DISOCRD AND INCREASED DOMESTIC ABUSE)
• COMMUNITY RELATIONS STRAINED WITH LIMITATIONS ON GATHERINGS
• OLD TENSIONS EASILY REIGNITED (SUSPICION THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPER SPREADERS..)
• FURTHER VICTIMISATION OF MARGINALISED GROUPS, BLAMING ‘THE OTHERS’
• INCREASD HATE CRIMES AND INEQUALITIES
• HIGHEST NEGATIVE IMPACT AMONG THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISTRESSED (IN STRICT LOCKDOWNS)