Northeastern University: COVID-19 Misconceptions are Hard to Fight. Cognitive Psychology Might Help
June 04, 2020
June 04, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Northeastern University issued the following news:
There's the idea that cloth masks don't protect people from the coronavirus, so there's no point in wearing them (hint: They do (https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-wearing-a-cloth-face-mask-is-less-about-science-and-more-about-solidarity-138461)). That COVID-19 is just like the flu (it's not (https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/20/815408287/how-the-novel-coronavirus-and-the-flu-are . . .
There's the idea that cloth masks don't protect people from the coronavirus, so there's no point in wearing them (hint: They do (https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-wearing-a-cloth-face-mask-is-less-about-science-and-more-about-solidarity-138461)). That COVID-19 is just like the flu (it's not (https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/20/815408287/how-the-novel-coronavirus-and-the-flu-are . . .