Highlights
Worries about the impact of COVID-19 on the country’s finances reduce support for aid while worries about its impact on personal finances do not.
Messages emphasizing that aid to developing countries helps weaken the next wave of the pandemic at home significantly increase support for aid.
Messages stressing how COVID-19 might harm developing countries barely change attitudes toward aid.
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