3/6 Evidence from another type of public health emergency intervention - CBRN mass decontamination - suggests that coercion can have a backfire effect, leading to resistance not engagement
On the anniversary of 9-11, the most well-researched disaster of all time (at least until Covid), here is a thread of some of the readings I recommend on public behaviour during the event (mostly free access) #September11th 1/11
First @RebeccaSolnit's inspirational book chapter describing spontaneous coordination in the evacuation of New York - an emphatic answer to those who ask whether disaster solidarity can arise a strongly individualistic country #September11th 2/11
A brilliant paper by Guylene Proulx & Rita Fahy paper – what went right with the WTC evacuation; 99% of those below where the plane struck in tower 1 survived #September11th 3/11
2/5 Yes, adversity (including coming under attack in war) can bring people together in solidarity - if they also have the capacity/ resources to provide that support.
3/5 Charles Fritz's observations of the 'Blitz spirit' in London were the inspiration for his important work on 'therapeutic communities' in disasters:
(This is one of my favourite papers in the disasters literature)
1. On the anniversary of 9-11, the most well-researched disaster of all time (at least until Covid), here is a thread of some of the readings I recommend on public behaviour during the event (mostly free access) #September11th
2. Solnit’s inspirational book describes the spontaneous coordination in the evacuation of New York, an emphatic answer to those who ask me whether disaster solidarity can arise a strongly individualist country #September11th penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301070/a…
3. Brilliant Proulx & Fahy paper – what went right with the WTC evacuation; 99% of those below where the plane struck in Tower 1 survived #September11th global.ctbuh.org/resources/pape…
2/9 This new correlational study by Porat et al. found that that the more people felt they themselves had control & the authorities understood their needs, the more willing they were to get vaccinated and their actual vaccine status.
3/9 If vaccine passports were perceived to frustrate these needs (for autonomy and relatedness), therefore, we'd expect passports to de-motivate people from getting vaccinated.
In addition, the telegraphing of ‘freedom day’, as last year, has an effect in reducing adherence in the weeks leading up ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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