Well, it’s a shame to accept as truth that other people do the right thing. A study letter recently published in JAMA Network Open describes how 24. 0% of parents surveyed in the U. S. are responsible for the study. or knew their child had Covid-19. In addition, 21. 1% (67 of 218 respondents) allowed their children to violate quarantine or isolation rules. others around him. That’s a very vague answer. They wanted to exercise their “personal freedom” as parents. Yes, let that debauchery reaction resonate in the head of anyone who, as a result, might have become inflamed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
According to this survey, it seems that the response to the Eurythmics song “Would I lie to you?”It’s “absolutely yes” for several parents. The online survey conducted from December 8 to 23, 2021 also found that 10. 1% (47 out of 464) of respondents had told others that their children had been vaccinated against covid-19 when their children were not vaccinated. A team of researchers from Middlesex Community College, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Center for Veterans Innovation (VA), University of Iowa School of Medicine and Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs VA Health Care System (Andrea Gurmankin Levy, PhD, MBE; Alistair Thorpe, PhD; Laura D. Scherer, PhD; Aaron M. Scherer, PhD; Jorie M. Butler, PhD; Holly Shoemaker, MPH; Angela Fagerlin, PhD) led the study.
Interestingly, the lie about vaccination went both ways, with 12. 2% doing the opposite. Yes, 23 of the 189 respondents told the rest that their children had not been vaccinated when their children had won the Covid-19 vaccine. This suggests that all the social tension against vaccination in some places was so strong that some parents had to hide the fact that their children had followed public fitness recommendations. Because “urinating” is a scenario where urinating in the pool has become great?It’s a bit like the Mean Girls, Stepford Wives, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and 1984 videos all rolled into one.
Then there was the 9. 7% (56 of 578 respondents) who said their children were older than them, so their children can get vaccinated too. Now, it probably wouldn’t be the same to lie about your age to buy a bottle of Jack Daniels. However, Fagerlin, lead author of the study and chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah, said in a statement, “Parents might have an idea that mendacity about their child’s age was a smart decision. “Which is because it would help them stay healthy and protected from the virus and potentially protect others around them. He added: “But there was an age limit for a reason. would be effective for them.
The survey showed that many parents weren’t that “irritable” either. Almost a fifth (19. 4% or 44 of 227 respondents) did not have their children tested for covid-19, even though they believed their children had covid-19. Why notice something when you might have to do something about it, right?
What were all those half-facts, quarter-facts or non-facts?As mentioned, the main explanation given for not saying the fact, the total fact and nothing of the fact was the total question of non-public liberty. included 52. 4% of parents who did not disclose that their children were infected with SARS-CoV-2, 36. 5% of those who did not isolate or quarantine their children, 47. 8% of those who violated quarantine/isolation rules, and 66% of those who lied that their children had been vaccinated. Perhaps other people saw private liberty as the freedom to say whatever you want, no matter the fact.
Respondents suggested other reasons for all simulation frames, so to speak. When it came to covering their children with Covid-19, 47. 6% said their children didn’t feel very sick, 46. 0% indicated they wanted their children to feel “normal”, 44. 4% didn’t want to miss a “fun” event or activity, 42. 9% couldn’t miss outdoor activities to stay home, 42. 9% didn’t really have their children with Covid-19 and 42. 9% did. They don’t need their children to miss school. Oh, and guess the explanation of why 39. 7% gave up doing the political thing, which is a total lie. They were following the recommendation of a public figure they trusted, such as a politician, a celebrity, or someone. Another person in the news to do something that wasn’t trustworthy.
“Freedom” is a word that has been used quite a bit during the pandemic through people. (Photo via EthanArray. . [ ] Miller/Getty Images)
Of course, all of those numbers may not constitute the true proportion of fathers in the U. S. U. S. citizens who have lied, lied or half-verified their Covid-19 trail during the pandemic. After all, with so many other people admitting in the survey that they lied, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to assume that other people were lying that they didn’t lie when answering the survey questions. , caps, lies and lies that took a stand on Covid-19.
Moreover, it is transparent that the survey did not cover all parents in the United States. It came from a pattern of 1733 adults in the United States, 580 of whom had children under the age of 18 living with them through the pandemic. The average age of those 580 parents was 35. 9 years. The majority known as female (70. 2%). The self-reported racial/ethnic distribution was as follows: 13. 8% Hispanic, 0. 9% American Indian or Alaska Native non-Hispanic, 2. 4% Asian non-Hispanic, 14. 8% black non-Hispanic, 67. 1% non-Hispanic white, 0. 9% more than one race, and 0. 2% White with no specific ethnicity in any race.
However, this study highlighted everything that has been an “underlying” challenge to the covid-19 pandemic: the trust or misrepresentation that everyone will voluntarily do what is mandatory to protect each other. They would end up doing the right thing when they weren’t obligated to. Isn’t it a bit like assuming that all drivers will continue in an orderly manner without traffic lights, traffic signs, speed limits, and consequences if you don’t stick to it?Or a company or an office saying, “Do whatever you want” or “No shoes, no shirt, no challenge?”Imagine how many other people would cheat on their loved ones or in general if there were no consequences.
The effectiveness of a public fitness intervention, such as vaccination and face masking, is highly dependent on the number of other people who comply with the intervention. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that, unfortunately, many other people will not voluntarily accept an intervention unless it is something fun like eating chocolate, buttering things, or smearing themselves with chocolate. For example, once face mask mandates were lifted in 2022, although they are still recommended, keep in mind how temporarily other people began to dispose of face masks like dirty underwear. Similarly, Covid-19 vaccination rates necessarily plateaued soon after workplaces and businesses dropped vaccination requirements. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 16. 4% of the US population has gained the Covid-19 bivalent booster. That’s not to say that vaccination or face mask needs will be mandatory every time there’s an infectious disease outbreak or that someone deserves to expect other people to “mask forever. ” But it does highlight the fact that many other people simply wouldn’t do anything unless it was required.
If you are surprised by the effects of this study, stay in your brain how pervasive and appropriate lying has become in society. exploding everywhere. Think about the amount of incorrect information and incorrect information that has been spread around the pandemic. It may just be 5G, there have been a lot of lies in the last 3 years. This has included attempts to discredit valid Covid-19 experts and others posing as Covid-19 experts to sell things or an agenda. Remember when other people claimed that drinking urine or eating cow manure can protect you from Covid-19. You know that.
All this poop has had potentially serious consequences, figuratively and literally. It’s not like telling other people on Tinder that you like long walks on the beach when you can’t stand the smell of salt and sand and prefer to lie on your couch, literally and figuratively. When you don’t tell others that your child is infected with SARS-CoV-2, you’re putting others in danger without them knowing. What if others end up suffering from Covid for a long time, being hospitalized or even ending up dying just because you sought to exercise your personal freedom or didn’t want to miss out on a “laughing” activity?It wouldn’t be a big laugh for everyone. lying in a hospital bed or worse.
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