- Nations that are tight and abide by strict norms have had more success during COVID-19 than those that are looser as of the October, 2020. Nations with high levels of cultural looseness are estimated to have had almost 5 times the number of cases and more than 8 times the number of deaths. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/piis2542-5196(20)30301-6/fulltext 44 comments science
Linking pages
- Why countries with 'loose', rule-breaking cultures have been hit harder by Covid | Michele Gelfand | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/feb/01/loose-rule-breaking-culture-covid-deaths-societies-pandemic 15 comments
- The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not - Freakonomics https://freakonomics.com/podcast/american-culture-1/ 3 comments