TABLE 1.

Risk perception: mean and standard deviations.

Harmful condition	Perceived severity		Perceived vulnerability		Perceived threat
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
COVID-19	5.36	2.47	2.95	0.98	2.70	0.87
Flu	3.50	2.14	3.28	1.15	2.25	0.87
Car accident	8.36	1.87	2.85	0.91	3.39	0.76
Climate change	7.62	2.29	3.08	1.19	3.36	1.04
Heart attack	8.75	1.97	1.74	0.85	2.66	0.75
HIV	8.89	1.99	1.33	0.65	2.36	0.61

Perceived severity is the answer to “How serious (scale from 1 to 10) would it be for you if you got (the disease) in the next year?” Perceived vulnerability is the answer to “How likely do you think it is that you will develop or contract a (disease) in the next year; very unlikely (1) to very likely (5).”