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Why Covid-19 Travel Bans Can Do More Harm Than Good
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how insights from behavioral science can be used to mitigate the unintended consequences of travel bans aimed at controlling Covid-19.
Will FDA Approval Increase Covid-19 Vaccination? That Depends On These 3 Things
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how we should use FDA approval to approach people with empathy and humility, not as a bludgeon in vaccine communication.
Why We Need To Change How We Talk About Covid-19 Vaccines
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how framing can be used to combat over-optimism about vaccination, which contributed to premature decisions to drop masking and social distancing requirements and public confusion.
Persuading People To Get Vaccinated For Covid-19 Means Understanding Why They Aren’t
Dr. Joshua Liao explains why overcoming vaccine hesitancy requires empathy.
Why Vaccinated People Should Wear Masks Indoors For The Foreseeable Future
Dr. Joshua Liao explores how public health leaders should stick with indoor masking policies to avoid decision fatigue that could weaken the response.
How To Avoid Mental Blind Spots When Thinking About Covid-19 Vaccine Risks
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how psychological biases can let worries about vaccine side effects overwhelm rational consideration.
Undecided On Getting A Covid-19 Vaccine? Beware Of These Two Cognitive Biases
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how people can approach the decision to get vaccinated and avoid some common biases that may distort perceptions of vaccine safety and efficacy.
Why Prior Experience Can Blind People To Covid-19’s Thanksgiving Risks
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how humans are primed to distort current perspective based on past events: an indoor gathering in winter is not the same as an outdoor gathering in summer, but our brains may incline us to think otherwise
Why We Should Resist Over-Optimism About Covid-19 Vaccines
Dr. Joshua Liao explains why pinning a full return to normalcy solely on vaccines could alter our risk perceptions, encourage unsafe behaviors, and ultimately prolong suffering from the pandemic.
How To Combat Covid-19 Apathy
Dr. Joshua Liao discusses how humans are generally bad at assessing long-term risk and the steps public health officials and business leaders should take to communicate safer Covid-19 behaviors.
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