Epidemibekæmpelse er en samproduktion mellem borger & myndigheder.

Lige nu er politikerne ude af trit med borgerne mht. alvoren. Det truer samproduktion og må rettes.

Det kræver åben kommunikation om strategien, herunder om dilemmaer og usikkerheder.

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HOPE-projektet bidrog til den langsigtede strategi mod COVID-19, "Hverdag med øget beredskab": fm.dk/media/25241/3-…. (som figuren 👆 er fra)

Inputtet gav anledning til følgende anbefaling i hovedrapporten (fm.dk/media/25157/hv…).

Den har ikke været vigtigere end nu. (2/12) Image
Den seneste HOPE-rapport viser, at borgerne har en markant faldende optimisme (github.com/Hopeproject202…). Samtidig er der bekymring for hospitalernes kapacitet, der er på højde med 2. bølge. (3/12) ImageImage
Dette leder folk til at støtte indførelsen af en meget vidtrækkende række af restriktioner, der dæmper af aktivitet i det offentlige rum, herunder egentlige forsamlingsforbud. Denne støtte går langt videre end hvad regeringen og politikere lægger op til. (4/12) Image
Borgernes opfattelse er ikke overraskende set i lyset af omikrons spredning og udmeldingerne fra SSI (covid19.ssi.dk/-/media/arkiv/…), ECDC (ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/…) og WHO. Særligt WHO anbefaler indførelsen af en lang række interventioner: . (5/12)
Vores forskning viser, at en afgørende faktor for adfærd (doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.1…) og opbakning til regeringens håndtering (doi.org/10.1080/014023…) er oplevelsen af viden om, hvad man skal gøre og hvorfor. Det kan et mismatch mellem borgerne og politikere udfordre. (6/12)
Vores forskning viser også, at borgernes tillid til myndighederne ikke svækkes af ubehagelige sandheder (doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…). Anerkendelse af usikkerhed - og præcis kommunikation af usikkerhedens væsen - skader heller ikke tilliden (doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1…). (7/12)
Politikere og myndigheder skal altså ikke være bekymret for at invitere borgerne ind i beslutningsrummet & kommunikere kompleksitet til dem. Den vigtigste indsigt om kommunikation i pandemien er: "Stol på borgerne". De kan godt håndtere sandheden: nature.com/articles/d4158…. (8/12)
Der er fx svære dilemmaer. Den Faglige Referencegruppe (som jeg er medlem af) beskrev fire hensyn, der konstant skal afvejes: Smitte, økonomi, trivsel og frihed (sum.dk/Media/2/D/Vurd…). *Hvordan* disse hensyn påvirker strategien er afgørende at kommunikere. (9/12) Image
Samtidig må man kommunikere *hvad* strategiens overordnede pejlemærke er. Min egen vurdering har været, at vi fulgte strategien med "den grønne"-kurve her til efteråret: . Har dette ændret sig, spørger @ProfJLundgren: politiken.dk/forbrugogliv/s…? (10/12)
Endelig er det afgørende at kommunikere *hvorfor* man mener, at strategien kan lykkes. Hvorfor vurderes de nuværende tiltag fx at håndtere smitten uanset at omikron er dukket op - og hvilke usikkerheder er der knyttet til vurderingen? Som sagt: Borgerne kan håndtere det. (11/12)
I en epidemi er mange mulige strategier rimelige. Men det er afgørende at have befolkningen med, for krisen slider på deres tillid (psyarxiv.com/y6wm4/). Derfor skal politikerne gør deres ypperste for at beskrive & begrunde den strategi de vælger. Det er afgørende nu. (12/12)

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17 Dec
Western societies were already frail when COVID-19 hit.

In a new paper, we show that the pandemic, and the fatigue from it, eroded trust in democracy further: psyarxiv.com/qjmct

With omicron, stronger restrictions are again put in place & the erosion will deepen.

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Over 2020, we tracked 6000 citizens from 🇺🇸+🇮🇹+🇩🇰+🇭🇺 & their views of key relationships in society: Horizontal relationships of solidarity between citizens + vertical relationships of trust between citizens & the state. We used measures with clear pre-pandemic benchmarks. (2/7)
We pool across multiple indicators and standardize with pre-pandemic scores to track changes from after the pandemic hit. Overall, we see little consistent change in solidarity. The pandemic has not been a crisis in the relationship between citizens. (3/7) Image
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13 Dec
In the next days, graphs (like👇) will show explosions of omicron & lockdowns will re-appear across Europe.

To motivate fatigued publics, it is key to not just appeal to fear. Communication should help people cope & envision how to pull thru.

An evidence-based 🧵 on how. (1/5)
Studies on crisis communication argues that good communication needs to identify the problem *and* tell people how to deal with the problem (doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.1…). The "through-the-roof"-graphs only does the former. (2/5)
In Jan 2021 with alpha, we used epidemic modelling to draw a graph that both identified the problem *and* spoke to the hope of dealing with the problem: psyarxiv.com/gxcyn/. It shows the race between variants & vaccines and the need for distancing until vaccines arrive. (3/5)
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8 Dec
The Danish government just announced new restrictions to hinder the spread of omicron

The background are these data on the rise of omicron cases in Denmark & the vaccination status of those infected, suggesting rapid spread & some evasion of 2 vaccine doses for infection

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The data is from @SSI_dk and can be found here: files.ssi.dk/covid19/omikro…

Note that the number of cases is small and we don't know how many vaccinated vs. unvaccinated were exposed. So, interpret with extreme caution.

(2/3)
Restrictions are:

- Closing night life
- Closing venues with 50+ standing guests
- Early closing of schools for Xmas
- Shorter period in which vaxx gives valid corona passport (to 7 months)
- Encourage working from home

& investing in vaccinations (children & boosters)

(3/3)
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4 Dec
Would we have dealt better with COVID-19 without social media?

The idea of an "infodemic" may suggest so.

As a social media researcher involved in the covid-response, my answer is a strong "no". To react, info needs to be faster than the virus. On social media, it is.

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In a history of epidemics, Rosenberg describes patterns extraordinarily similar to now (jstor.org/stable/20025233). With one difference: This time countries could react *before* "bodies accumulated". Part of the reason: Rapid information-sharing via media & social media. (2/8)
E.g.: Whistleblowers in Wuhan used social media to warn.(france24.com/en/asia-pacifi…). Also, the #FlattenTheCurve hashtag helped billions understand what needed to be done. 2 things spread across the globe in 2020: COVID-19 & the idea of distancing. The latter was quicker. (3/8)
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1 Dec
🚨What motivates parents to vaccinate their child against COVID-19?

Evidence from 🇩🇰 shows that parents balance concerns of side-effects & motivations to normalize society & childrens lives: psyarxiv.com/8e49j/

Concern is higher among parents of younger children. 🧵(1/6)
We surveyed 791 parents of Danish children aged between 6 and 15, recruited via random population sampling. Overall, vaccination willingness were high (& likely overestimated due to sampling bias) but depended crucially on the age of the child. (2/6)
To understand the considerations underlying these decisions, we developed a stepwise theoretical model of the vaccination decision and measured a range of considerations. (3/6)
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27 Nov
The world closes its borders to Africa after the detection of VOC Omicron.

Our research shows it will be easy to garner public support. In fact, the African origin may increase support, as support is partially tied to prejudice.

Communicators need to tread carefully.

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In 2020, we conducted a massive study (N>67,000) on support for increased border control across 8 Western countries (doi.org/10.1080/174572…). In most countries, it was high. (2/7) Image
This support was driven by a coalition of those always against immigration & those personally fearful of covid. Thus, the biggest predictors are being right-wing and being personally (not socially) concerned about covid. (3/7) Image
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