In the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak, we must also struggle with human bias

Gonçalves-Sá, Joana

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“…This test can be performed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique. Realtime RT-PCR is a popular technique in molecular biology (Freeman et al, 1999) for monitoring the amplification of a targeted DNA molecule in real time. Whereas RT-PCR combines reverse transcription of RNA into DNA and PCR amplification of the DNA followed by readout using fluorescence (Bustin et al, 2009).…”

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Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency

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Uddin

Das

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

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• Novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). • SARS-CoV-2 has caused for human-tohuman transmission worldwide. • Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) can reduce the transmission of COVID-19. • COVID-19 is a crisis for massive health hazard, big humanitarian and development. • The use of research-based evidence, global response and solidarity may be helpful.

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Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency

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Uddin

Das

et al. 2020

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“…Interestingly, no relation was found among 9.1% who selected strongly agree and the only 9% who declared to get information in o cial websites. When facing a new disease is more important than ever to encourage our patients to search high quality information in o cial and veri ed websites [11]. As a new disease, many conspiracy theories try to nd its place [11] and our patients are especially vulnerable to them.…”

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“…When facing a new disease is more important than ever to encourage our patients to search high quality information in o cial and veri ed websites [11]. As a new disease, many conspiracy theories try to nd its place [11] and our patients are especially vulnerable to them. It is important to highlight at this point that education still remains one of the most important antidotes [12].…”

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Fears, feelings and findings about COVID-19 disease in hospitalized cancer patients in a tertiary Hospital in Spain.

Arrue

Jurado

Marí

et al. 2020

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IntroductionOn March 11th, COVID-19 was categorized as a pandemic. Risk factors for poor outcome in COVID-19 disease include personal history of cancer. The purpose of this research is to explore what do cancer patients know about COVID-19 and their perception of infection risk.MethodsA pilot questionnaire was initiated in hospitalized cancer patients at a large academic medical center to explore fears and other issues related with COVID-19 disease and cancer patients. A stratified analysis by age, sex, marital status, educational background, number of previous systemic treatments received and hospitalization cause was carried out. χ² test, Fisher’s exact test, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Kendall rank correlation coefficient were performed when indicated on each category.Results33 patients were included. 66.7% of patients were male and 33.3% female, with a median age of 57 years old. Natural origin hypothesis of novel coronavirus and high educational levels (tau-c = 0.260, p = 0.040) had a positive moderate correlation. Young cancer patients are more afraid of a SARS-CoV-2 infection than elderly people (p=0.034). Thinking there are differences in COVID-19 symptoms due to cancer treatments had a positive moderate correlation with the number of treatments received (tau-b = 0.342, p = 0.005).ConclusionCancer patients need more information about coronavirus and how can affect them. Some of them are not aware of how can cancer increase their risk of infection. However, they agree with measures that hospitals have implemented and don’t feel they affect the quality of care they receive when admitted.

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“…However, while COVID-19 pandemic is currently an ongoing global public health crisis, the virus and disease are still not yet fully understood. Such informational uncertainty, in combination with the ubiquitous presence of social media, provides a fertile ground for misinformation and conspiracy theories to start to proliferate (Gonçalves-Sá, 2020;Van Bavel et al, 2020), as is typically the case in times of crisis (van Prooijen & Douglas, 2017). Conspiracy theories are hugely problematic: not only because they have been associated with a reduction in adherence to COVID-19 protective guidelines (Imhoff & Lamberty, 2020;Swami & Barron, 2020;Teovanovic et al, 2020) as has also been seen with guidelines for other diseases (Bogart et al, 2010), they may also be associated with increased hostility (Russell, 2020) and reduced cooperation (Bai, 2020), and cause resistance to vaccination (Jolley & Douglas, 2014), a likely crucial next step in the tackle of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Trust in scientists and non-populist governments supports COVID-19 information and safeguarding behaviors

Mulukom¹

2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis, and in order to halt it, the spread of the virus needs to be curbed. The World Health Organization and governments have put forward protective guidelines to stop the spread, but adherence to these guidelines is still variable. Through a large survey in twelve countries worldwide (N = 7,755), we show that the information about COVID-19 which is accurate and trustworthy is paramount for the adherence to protective guidelines. Specifically, adherence to safety precautions is predicted by concern, gender, perceived risk, perceived knowledge, and trust in scientists. Adherence to the guidelines was also predicted by distrust in the government and the conspiracy belief that the virus is artificially made; conspiracy thinking predicted self-centered protective behaviors more strongly than safety precautions, however. Conspiracy thinking was predicted by trust in social media, whereas perceived knowledge was associated with trust in reliable COVID-19 websites.

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In the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak, we must also struggle with human bias

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Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency

Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency

Fears, feelings and findings about COVID-19 disease in hospitalized cancer patients in a tertiary Hospital in Spain.

Trust in scientists and non-populist governments supports COVID-19 information and safeguarding behaviors

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