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AsCoronavirus anxiety Continues to increase, many people blame the panic about the lack of information confirmed on the new virus. It is understandable to think thatIf we only know more COVID-19As we know cold or the common flu, we would have less reason to worry. But a new study published in the newspaperRisk analysis Suggests that having more knowledge about coronavirus might not necessarily comfort you.

The researchers at the Ohio State University conducted an online survey of nearly 500 adults in Florida in December 2016, asking them questions about the Zika virus, which had beensaid a pandemic In February of this year. Since one of the main concerns surrounding the Zika virus transmitted birth defects to a fetus, pregnant women or who wanted to become pregnant - and their partners - were unsurprisingly the most likely to say they werefrightened virus. But they were not the only ones.

While the conclusions showed that people who did not know much about the Zika virus did not plan to get more information, the research indicated that the people who were judged as very competent were more likely to believe that They did not know enough.

"New risks such as Zika or Coronavirus can react people differently from known risks such as cancer or influenza"Shelly Hovick, PhD, Professor of Communication at Ohio State and co-author of the study, said in adeclaration.

Although this Zika virus study, researchers think the results also apply to the way people arereact to coronavirus.

"The Zika virus and coronaviruses have important things in common: in both cases, they are wrapped in uncertainty and have received a lot of attention to the media," Hovick said. "Our research examines how people are looking for and processing information when there is so much uncertainty."

Of course, there are also significant differences between the two. The main concern surrounding the Zika virus was the possibility of causing birth defects in infants, whileCoronavirus wears a large number of mounting piece deaths, and he spreads faster. Coronavirus also had a considerable impact of daily society, causingschools to close, companies to tell workers tostay at homeand an emphasis onsocial distancing.

Nevertheless, the results of the researchers of the state of Ohio suggest that the knowledge of a new virus as coronavirus might not be so comforting that you could have thought.

"With the Zika virus, even the experts themselves did not know much at the time. It's the same thing we see with coronavirus, and that'sscary for people who believe they are at risk, "said the main authorAustin Hubner, a doctorate in the state of Ohio. "We found that the more people thought they knew, the more they realized they did not know enough."