🆘 What scares me the most about #COVIDー19 ? Disregard for Risk vs Risk trade-offs: 1. if you close schools kids stay with grandparents (sensitive group) 2. if you recommend masks people wash less their hands 3. If you announce red zones, people flee with the virus #Coronavirus
A case study of total disregard for risk vs risk tradeoffs is: Italy, where no #COVID2019 measure has been considered against its unintended consequences. An illustration? Think of the increased risk exposure of senior population to virus generated by school closures #Italy
The unfolding of #Coronavirus reveals an embarrassingly modest risk literacy of our decision-makers, whose decisions are disregarding libraries of risk perception and communication studies #availabilityheuristic #probabilityneglect #COVID2019
Our political leaders and political communicators must reflect upon how their statements may contribute to the spread of misinformation/disinformation about #Coronavid19 and produce detrimental effects on both individual and collective responses #Coronavirus
