How did the optimistic bias impede the public’s response to the COVID pandemic? a. Many people believed that vaccines would soon be widely available so there was no reason to worry. b. Many people believed that the pandemic was a hoax and that what was reported as COVID was really just seasonal influenza. c. Many people thought their risk of COVID was less serious than it actually was so they did not take reasonable public health precautions. d. Many people thought that it would be good to catch COVID since they would be immune.
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