Below, we present our thematic analysis of interviewees’ answers to a subset of questions that highlight the efforts of organizational staff to deal with the immediate and longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their clients: (1) What have been the effects, if any, of the COVID...
And for good reason: During Tuesday’s hearing, she amplified the concerns of dental health providers across the country, who have fretted that Americans missing appointments for the sake of social distancing could cause a secondary crisis. Cavities that go unfilled could result in the need for r...
The kind of strategy least likely to create lasting satisfactory relationships is one in which people only acknowledge one extreme side of the tension, which Baxter and Montgomery call denial. This does not mean people are themselves ‘in denial’ in the popular psychology sense of the term, but...
We argue that there was failure of science advice from the start with “COVID-denial” and disregard of scientific evidence (2021e, Miller, 2020). The Government took a passive, hands-off stand, delegating responsibility to the Public Health Agency. The Public Health Agency did not base its...
(6) that a platform manufacturer has approved or will approve "Sub Optimal Co.", or will not revoke approval of "Sub Optimal Co." for any or no reason. Any warranty against infringement that may be provided in Section 2-312 of the Uniform Commercial Code or in any other comparable statu...
Such an indirect relationship could be a reason that reflection test performance has been a less potent predictor of attitudes about COVID19 prevention than beliefs about science (Čavojová, Šrol, & Ballová Mikušková, 2020). 5.4. Philosophy Prior philosophical beliefs were more potent ...
If your children receive a vaccine against COVID-19, choose the reason for acceptance Because it is a mandatory Protect my children against COVID-19, Help to end the pandemic Reduce the severity of symptoms during the disease Table 13: Causes of acceptanc...
Consequently, communications during a crisis should take into consideration certain patterns that affect people’s behavior, such as uncertainty, anxiety, fear, panic, hopelessness, and denial (Addo et al., 2020, CDC.gov., 2019), in addition to positive ones such as coping, relief, and ...
On many occasions, fact checkers are simply a transmitter of the denial from the institution or the politician subject to allegations; in such situations, their role is closer to that of simple spokesperson of the institution, and they do not take any investigative action. This is the case in...
Ever since COVID-19 hit, I’ve been repeating the mantra, “Everything old is new again”. The reason is simple. Key to understanding a lot of the misinformation about COVID-19, its spread, and COVID-19 vaccines is an understanding that none of this misinformation is n...