During the pandemic, did you ever lie about any of these?

Have you had COVID-19?

Making it easier to comply with public health measures can help people feel less resistant, said Alistair Thorpe, the study's co-first author and a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Population Health Sciences at U Health. But he said public health officials also need to "figure out how you can talk to people about these concerns that they have in a way that can help them become more engaged with these measures" and see their collective benefit. "That's why this study is so important. We need to try and figure out who we're not communicating as well with and how we can do better," Thorpe said. Do you think the communication from public health officials during the pandemic could have been better?