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Table 3.

Pandemic beliefs correlations with adherence to public health guidelines.

Pandemic belief	Adherence
COVID-19 is severe	0.58^⁎⁎
Susceptible to contracting COVID-19	0.18^⁎⁎
Taking steps to reduce threats of COVID-19 is beneficial	0.62^⁎⁎
Difficult to prevent myself from contracting COVID-19	−0.11^⁎
More important to protect the public health than the economy	0.46^⁎⁎
Pandemic was planned by people in power	−0.32^⁎⁎
COVID-19 pandemic response was more extreme than was necessary	−0.37^⁎⁎
Virus originated in animals and was not man-made	0.20^⁎⁎

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p < .05.

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p < .01.