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Bearth, Angela
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Berthold, Anne
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Siegrist, Michael
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2022-06-22T08:16:15Z
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2022-02-11T05:05:48Z
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2022-06-22T08:16:15Z
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2022-02-02
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0263351
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/532098
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10.3929/ethz-b-000532098
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Pandemics, such as the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, represents a health threat to humans worldwide. During times of heightened health risks, the public's perceptions, and acceptance of evidence-based preventive measures, such as vaccines, is of high relevance. Moreover, people might seek other preventive remedies to protect themselves from getting infected (e.g., herbal remedies, nutritional supplements). A recent study on consumers' preference for naturalness showed that people put more weight on perceived naturalness of a preventive remedy compared to a curative one. This result was attributed to the increased focus on perceived effectiveness as opposed to perceived risk. This raises the question whether the current pandemic would shift people's perceptions from prevention to curing and thus, exhibit a preference for synthetic remedies because they are seen as more effective. The present online experiment (conducted in April 2021) investigated people's perceptions of vaccines and remedies within the context of the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A 2x2 between-subject design with type of remedy (natural vs. synthetic) and salience of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (high vs. low) was conducted in Switzerland in spring 2021 (N = 452). The data did not provide evidence of a curative mindset for preventive remedies, as the participants exhibited a clear preference for the natural remedy compared to the synthetic remedy. Our study stresses the importance of understanding people's mindsets on how to protect themselves from infection with a virus during an ongoing pandemic to tackle misinformation and vaccine hesitancy.
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PLOS
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Vaccines
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Pandemics
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SARS CoV 2
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Medical risk factors
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Vaccination and immunization
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Vaccine development
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Virus testing
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Viral vaccines
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People's perceptions of, willingness-to-take preventive remedies and their willingness-tovaccinate during times of heightened health threats
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Journal Article
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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PLoS ONE
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17
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2
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PLoS ONE
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e0263351
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19 p.
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San Francisco, CA
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published
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02070 - Dep. Gesundheitswiss. und Technologie / Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology::03780 - Siegrist, Michael / Siegrist, Michael
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02070 - Dep. Gesundheitswiss. und Technologie / Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology::03780 - Siegrist, Michael / Siegrist, Michael
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2022-02-11T05:05:53Z
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