Journal article
The effect of politician denialist approach on COVID-19 cases and deaths
Abstract
Concern over the high rate of contagion of COVID-19 has prompted world authorities to use the strategy of isolation and social confinement as the main non-pharmacological weapon against the disease that has rapidly killed millions of people worldwide. However, there is evidence that the denialist rhetoric of the Brazilian President has negatively influenced people's behavior in relation to obedience to confinement and social isolation measures. …
Authors
de Arruda RG; de Menezes TA; dos Santos JMA; Paez A; Lopes F
Journal
Economía, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 214–224
Publisher
Emerald
Publication Date
December 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.econ.2021.11.007
ISSN
1529-7470