President-elect Joseph Biden has announced a stellar Covid-19 task force consisting of medical and clinical professionals. This incredible group of people will no doubt develop a medical, data-driven, and compassionate approach that will bring us closer to the finish line of this pandemic than we ever could have hoped for with the current administration. Unfortunately, however, this task force leaves out a critical set of experts: social and behavioral scientists.
Biden’s Covid-19 Task Force Needs Behavioral Scientists
They can design interventions that could actually persuade Americans to wear masks, socially distance, and get vaccinated.
December 08, 2020
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Summary.
By now it’s clear that bringing the pandemic under control will require a range of actions that can persuade people opposed to wearing masks, socially distancing, or getting vaccinated to change their behaviors. For this reason, President-elect Joseph Biden should add to his Covid-19 task force social and behavioral scientists who have the expertise to design and apply such interventions.