June 19, 2020

Does Culture Matter Social Distancing under the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

• Using Google COVID-19 community mobility reports, Huynh demonstrated that countries with a higher “Uncertainty Avoidance Index” had a lower proportion of people gathering in public, even after controlling for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.  

Huynh. (Oct 2020). Does Culture Matter Social Distancing under the COVID-19 Pandemic? Safety Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104872