Persuasion is better than punishment when it comes to Covid-19 prevention


Individuals tend to make their own assessment of risk, which made not correspond to the actual risk, and act accordingly. — ART CHEN/The Star

The Covid-19 pandemic is not going away soon; it will be around for months, if not years.

While knowledge about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has increased markedly since the beginning of the year, there is still much that is unknown.

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