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  1. Apr 2021
    1. 10.31234/osf.io/2qya8
    2. Despite continued transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and sustained recommendations to wear protective face coverings, many people remained reluctant to comply throughout the early months of the pandemic. In the present study we surveyed an international cohort of participants on three different occasions from July to August, 2020 (N = 695) to examine the relative contribution of several factors in explaining variation in mask wearing behavior across a range of routine and leisure activities. We examine the role of COVID-19 prevalence, perceived risk of infection, COVID-19 related stress, demographics, time orientation, and several mask wearing attitudes and intentions. We find that COVID-19-related stress and the intention to protect oneself were reliably associated with more mask wearing across contexts, while other factors, such as anxiety caused by others’ mask wearing and the intention to wear masks to protect others, were context dependent. We discuss potential avenues for future research on possible positive and negative indirect effects of COVID-19-related stress, time orientation, and political orientation with regard to mask wearing behavior.
  2. Mar 2021
    1. Because the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus [2009 influenza A (H1N1)] was identified in April 2009, two separate influenza vaccines were distributed in the United States in 2009–10 season: a seasonal vaccine and an influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine (2009 H1N1 vaccine) [1, 2]. To estimate national and state level influenza vaccination coverage from August 2009 through May 2010, CDC used combined data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the National 2009 H1N1 Flu Survey (NHFS). This report describes national findings from these surveys and updates previously published interim 2009–10 seasonal [3] and 2009 H1N1 [4] influenza vaccination coverage estimates. The interim estimates were based on vaccinations reported through the end of January 2010 using interviews conducted through February 2010. The final estimates in this report include vaccinations reported through May 2010 based on interviews through June 2010.
    1. 10.31234/osf.io/6zxfe
    2. We explore the affective correlates of food insecurity and contrast with affective correlates of other variables, such as difficulty in paying household expenses, non-current payment status on rent and mortgage payments, loss (or expected loss) of employment income, and high likelihood of imminent eviction. Specifically, we compute associations between these variables recently analyzed and reported, in aggregate, by Bloomberg (and originally collected by the Census Bureau in February, 2021), and affective wellbeing data (collected by Gallup during 2020 after mass lockdowns in the United States). The data span fifteen metropolitan areas. In particular, we find (with 95 percent confidence) that loneliness is positively and highly correlated with food insecurity. Anger is highly correlated with several of the variables mentioned earlier, although not at a high enough significance. In this brief report, we report these preliminary associations and comment on possible implications, along with a set of research questions that are suggested by these early results.
  3. Feb 2021