Can Behavioral Science Help Us Fight COVID‑19

Sebastian Iglesias‑Osores, Johnny Leandro Saavedra‑Camacho

Abstract


Dear Editor,
Coronavirus disease‑2019 (COVID‑19) has become a pandemic, saturating the world’s health systems. Governments have implemented many actions to fight with the pandemic; in some cases they took effect and in others they did not. Government efforts such as quarantine and social distancing worked decreasing the number of infected with COVID‑19.

Keywords


COVID‑19; Behavioral Sciences; quarantine

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