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cord-294427-6eiligyy	Salimi, Ali	The North American Layman's Understanding of COVID-19: Are We Doing Enough?	2020-07-03		.txt	text/plain	5699	217	46	Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, an online survey targeted to North Americans focused on the public's knowledge of COVID-19, risk perception, and precautionary behaviors taken in response to this pandemic. The results of this study highlight that this relatively young and educated sample of North Americans had a high level of knowledge about COVID-19 and a large proportion of them were taking the precautionary measures against this pandemic. To that end, this study aimed to compare and contrast the level of knowledge, risk perception, and precautionary measures taken in response to COVID-19, between populations of the United States of America (US) and Canada. To date, the US has reported the highest rate of COVID-19 positive cases in the world and therefore, by understanding the public's attitude and risk perception toward the current pandemic, we hope to provide valuable information to help develop adequate populationtailored communication protocols that are effective in disease prevention and containment.	./cache/cord-294427-6eiligyy.txt	./txt/cord-294427-6eiligyy.txt