Oprindelse. Jeg har tidligere skrevet om, hvorvidt ‘lab leak’ hypotesen kan betegnes som en konspirationsteori på linje med andre konspirationsteorier (noget som selv flere videnskabelige publikationer har gjort). I bogen Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, skrevet af Alina Chan og Matt Ridley, gøres det klart, at vi nok aldrig får en smoking […]
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New article in Behavioural Public Policy: Reporting on one’s behavior
Together with Pelle Guldborg Hansen and Caroline Drøgemüller Gundersen, I have a new article in Behavioural Public Policy. The paper is titled “Reporting on one’s behavior: a survey experiment on the nonvalidity of self-reported COVID-19 hygiene-relevant routine behaviors”. Here is the abstract: Surveys based on self-reported hygiene-relevant routine behaviors have played a crucial role in […]
Social science research during COVID-19 #2
I have been reading a few papers on conspiracy theories in relation to COVID-19 (primarily because I was asked to read a study on this topic for a journal). In parallel, I have been following the debates taking place between scientists on the origin of COVID-19. In this post, I will argue that there are […]
Observationer relateret til COVID-19 #4
Planer. Min plan var, at mit forrige indlæg med observationer direkte eller indirekte relateret til COVID-19 skulle blive mit sidste indlæg i rækken. Der er dog nok en selvstændig pointe i, at hvis COVID-19 har lært os én ting, så er det, at ideen om at lave planer i en pandemi giver meget lidt mening. […]
Observationer relateret til COVID-19 #3
Se også: #1, #2 Traditioner. Forud for pandemien var det en naturlov, at der var større fodboldbegivenheder og OL hvert fjerde år. Som noget, intet kunne rokke ved. Jul og nytår var også noget, der altid ville finde sted traditionen tro. Traditioner er vigtige, og det kom ikke bag på mig, da en meningsmåling i […]
Global risks, climate change and COVID-19
On 15 January 2020, the World Economic Forum released The Global Risks Report 2020. The report was published before we talked about COVID-19 which makes it an even more interesting read. There are a lot of risks in the world. Weapons of mass destruction, food crises, natural disasters, climate change, data fraud, unemployment, asset bubbles […]
How not to measure conspiracy beliefs #3
Here is a brief update to my two previous posts on the flawed study published in Psychological Medicine. To recap, the study found that almost half of the respondents in a UK sample agree that the “[c]oronavirus is a bioweapon developed by China to destroy the West”. In a new study, John Garry, Rob Ford […]
Observationer relateret til COVID-19 #2
Dette er en forlængelse af mit forrige indlæg med observationer relateret til COVID-19. Gensyn. Færre film bliver lavet og udgivet i løbet af pandemien. Flere film, der skulle have været ude nu, er blevet udskudt til 2021, og mange projekter er blevet sat på pause. Dette betyder også, at der ganske enkelt er mere tid […]
Er Socialdemokratiet gået tilbage i meningsmålingerne?
Da coronavirussen brød ud, oplevede Socialdemokratiet en voldsom fremgang i meningsmålingerne. Forleden kunne en Megafon-måling vise, at Socialdemokratiet “fastholder [en] kæmpe vælgeropbakning”. Det tyder altså på, at der stadig er stor opbakning til Socialdemokratiet i meningsmålingerne. I et nyt vægtet snit hos Altinget formidles det dog, at de “seneste måneders medvind for Socialdemokratiet [er] begyndt […]
Does being tall raise the risk of getting COVID-19?
Take a look at these articles from various media outlets: – People over 6ft have double the risk of coronavirus, study suggests – Does being tall raise the risk of getting Covid-19? Men over 6ft are TWICE as likely to get infected, study claims – How your HEIGHT could double your risk of catching coronavirus, […]