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As COVID-19 pandemic drags on, public messaging becomes more challenging, experts say
ManitobaAs time wears on, risk communications experts and historians say it becomes increasingly difficult to effectively reach the public, even if the risk of infection and transmission continue to be present.Even with coronavirus risks still present, people may be tuning out warningsWinnipeg Free Press · Posted: Sep 05, 2020 3:01 PM CT | Last Updated:…
As time wears on, risk communications experts and historians say it becomes increasingly difficult to effectively reach the public, even if the risk of infection and transmission continue to be present.
Even with coronavirus risks still present, people may be tuning out warnings
Winnipeg Free Press ·
Seven months ago, Dr. Brent Roussin took to the microphone in a lecture hall at the University of Manitoba's Bannatyne campus, trying to execute a gargantuan task: putting into words what he knew — and what he didn't know — about the novel coronavirus, which had yet to be reported in Manitoba.
As time wears on, risk communications experts and historians say it becomes increasingly difficult to effectively reach the public, even if the risk of infection and transmission continue to be present.
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