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cord-332110-6fmc5mbs	Drury, John	COVID‐19 in context: Why do people die in emergencies? It’s probably not because of collective psychology	2020-06-16		.txt	text/plain	3241	188	55	Examining the evidence in emergencies suggests three main reasons why there are avoidable fatalities: (1) under-reaction to threat, (2) systemic factors, and (3) mismanagement. We then examine how far they help us understand what has happened in the case of COVID-19 in the UK context, before discussing the real collective psychology of emergencies. Under-reaction, system, and mismanagement in the COVID-19 response in the United Kingdom Unlike fires, earthquakes, floods, and bombings, which tend to be short-term events which occur in one place, the effects of the current pandemic are dispersed in time and space. And when we examine some of the major problems in response and outcomes 9 in the COVID-19 crisis, prima facie our three-fold classification above fits better than explanations in terms of public selfishness, thoughtlessness, and over-reaction.	./cache/cord-332110-6fmc5mbs.txt	./txt/cord-332110-6fmc5mbs.txt