Young Singaporeans Dismissed COVID-19 as Threat to Themselves

eeDesignIt (UK), 23 Dec - https://www.eedesignit.com/young-singaporeans-dismissed-covid-19-as-threat-to-themselves/

A study by NTU Singapore found that young people in Singapore considered COVID-19’s threat to be aimed only at their parents and older relatives, but not themselves. Led by NTU Singapore’s Assoc Prof Edson Tandoc Jr and researcher James Lee Chong Boi, the study found that this group was more concerned about the dangers of fake news surrounding the pandemic, rather than the health threat posed by the disease. They believed that misinformation affected the older generation more than themselves. What was learned from initial public reactions to COVID-19 was that changes needed to be made in how to handle outbreaks in the long term and how to engage youth early on in proactive behaviours against a virus.