Keep that mask on: will Germans become more like East Asians?

Xenia Matschke and Marc Oliver Rieger ()
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Marc Oliver Rieger: Trier University, Department IV

Palgrave Communications, 2022, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract We study planned changes in protective routines after the COVID-19 pandemic: in a survey in Germany among >650 respondents, we find that the majority plans to use face masks in certain situations even after the end of the pandemic. We observe that this willingness is strongly related to the perception that there is something to be learned from East Asians’ handling of pandemics, even when controlling for perceived protection by wearing masks. Given strong empirical evidence that face masks help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases and given the considerable estimated health and economic costs of such diseases even pre-Corona, this would be a very positive side effect of the current crisis.

Date: 2022
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