Flexible societies excelled in saving lives in the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that national cultural traits, such as collectivism-individualism and tightness-looseness, are associated with COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. However, although East Asian countries have outperformed other countries in containing COVID-19 infections and lowering mortality in the first pandemic waves, no studies to date have examined flexibility-monumentalism, a cultural trait that uniquely distinguishes East Asia from the rest of the world. Moreover, none of the previous studies have explored mechanisms underpinning the association between national culture and COVID-19 mortality.

Aims

Our study fills in these gaps by examining the association between flexibility-monumentalism and COVID-19 mortality, adjusting for important covar

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9461707 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature