Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against COVID-19
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are among the 12 states which have amounts of interconnectedness and communal trust and therefore less severe coronavirus outbreaks.
By Christopher IngrahamThe Washington Post
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Communities with high amounts of interconnectedness and communal trust – what experts call social capital – experienced less severe coronavirus outbreaks in 2020, according to research published in the journal PLOS-One.
Pandemics are as much a product of human behavior as they are of biology, because a virus spreads via social interaction. The coronavirus has been particularly virulent in places where people congregate – churches, nursing homes, prisons, close-quarters work environments and the like.