Research by Michio Murakami, a specially appointed professor at Osaka University's Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, has revealed that people who used to wear masks due to the risk of contracting the new coronavirus tend to stop using them. Ta.
According to Osaka University, Professor Murakami conducted an online survey in April and June 5, before and after the new coronavirus became a Class 5 infectious disease, the same as influenza, in May, and 2023 people responded to both surveys. I analyzed the situation.
As a result, 4% of people said they often wear masks in April, but this had fallen to 67% in June.Professor Murakami analyzed the wearing rate and reasons for wearing masks, and found that people who wore masks for reasons other than the risk of infection, such as a sense of normativity or security, continued to wear masks frequently in June.On the other hand, those who answered that the reason for wearing them was the risk of infection were more likely to stop wearing them.
Professor Murakami says that the survey results show that there is a bidirectional relationship between wearing a mask and the reason for wearing it, and that there is a difference in the direction of the relationship between wearing a mask for infection risk avoidance and for other reasons, and the rate of mask wearing is decreasing. It points out that even in such a situation, it will be important to disseminate and share information and social images that take social psychological factors other than the risk of infection into consideration.
