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News| Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Virtual panel discussion on COVID-19 and human health behavior

Virtual panel discussion on COVID-19 and human health behavior

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The COVID-19 pandemic has made people behave differently. For more than a year, wearing mouth-nose protection, adhering to special distance and hygiene rules, and limited freedom of movement have influenced daily life. During this international virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, 8 June, experts will scientifically discuss how health-related human behavior has changed during the pandemic, which behavior will outlast this period, and to what extent health-related behavior might change after governmental restrictions have ended.

The panel discussion is jointly organized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC). The experts will talk, among other things, about ways to influence human behavior considering the latest findings in cognitive, health, social and economic sciences. Debating at the podium are:

This virtual live event will be moderated by the journalist Vivian Upmann.