Remember back in March 2020, most of us did not konw what to make of #COVID, how dangerous it was and how we should behave? Were the people who took it less seriously more likely to be infected?
In a new #preprint we examine the perceived #risk and #compliance among those first infected. We compare their answers to those from other patients and the general public.
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The #COVID patients don't appear to have thought differently about risk, although more of them had been abroad and in contact with infected people. They may have complied less to infection control measures, but memory and reporting artefacts should be taken into account.
The study was part of the #PANDRISK project, and in collaboration with Rebecca Cox, Dagrun Linchausen and Sebastian Bjørkheim. The study was #preregistered and #OpenData are provided.
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Bjørn Sætrevik