Table 2.

Sub-categories of direct and indirect concerns

Direct concerns	Mean	SD	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s ⍺ If item is deleted
About infection	3.94	1.000	0.730	0.943
About death	3.30	1.192	0.771	0.930
Total	3.62	0.977	Cronbach’s alpha = 0.9105
Indirect concerns	Mean	SD	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s ⍺ If item is deleted
About criticism	4.01	1.005	0.556	0.820
About the vulnerable	4.08	1.193	0.568	0.830
About economic damage	4.12	1.009	0.582	0.808
Total	4.07	0.822	Cronbach’s alpha = 0.8244