The impact of economic freedom on COVID-19 pandemic control: the moderating role of equality.

Background: The absence of pharmaceutical interventions made it particularly difficult to mitigate the first outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The current study investigated how economic freedom and equality influenced the pandemic control process.

Methods: In Study 1, we assessed the effect of economic freedom and equality on COVID-19 pandemic control from nations worldwide.

Different roles of interpersonal trust and institutional trust in COVID-19 pandemic control.

The absence of pharmaceutical interventions made it particularly difficult to mitigate the first outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The current study investigated how interpersonal trust and institutional trust influenced the control process. Trusts and COVID-19 data in 44 countries and 50 US states were analyzed; institutional trust was associated with case fatality rate, and interpersonal trust was associated with control speed.