This study may help explain why the U.S. has fared poorly compared to so much of the rest of the world in containing Covid's spread and minimizing mortality rates.
An anti-vaccination protester in a mask takes part in a rally against vaccine mandates, in Santa Monica, Calif., last August., MSNBC Opinion Columnist
Why have some countries fared better in handling the pandemic than others? A growing pile of evidence points to trust — in the government and in our fellow citizens — as a significant predictor of a country’s ability to act cooperatively and reduce the spread of the virus.
“We found no links between Covid outcomes and democracy, populism, government effectiveness, universal health care, pandemic preparedness metrics, economic inequality or trust in science,” Thomas Bollyky, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the study’s authors,Relentlessly demanding that people “believe the science” is not going to do the trick.
It’s a striking finding, and goes some way toward explaining why the U.S. — an affluent democracy with high quality health care and superior preparation for a catastrophic biological event — has fared very poorlyso much of the rest of the world in containing spread and minimizing mortality rates. As we’ve seen in often horrifying detail, having the best technology, like world-class vaccines, means little if people don’t trust the institutions recommending it. In the U.S.
after decades of decline and is relatively low compared to other high income countries, according to the Post.. As we reflect on lessons and potential strategies for generating better cooperation against the pandemic, relentlessly demanding that people “believe the science” is not going to do the trick. The bigger problem is that we don’t believe in each other.on the Lancet study, trust in the government and in others is “strongly associated” with a decline in mobility — i.e.
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