id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-348138-wca7jaje Safarpour, Hamid Risk Communication in the COVID-19 Outbreak: Two Sides of the Same Coin 2020-09-09 .txt text/plain 1004 59 40 Because of the constant changes in the effects of COVID-19 and the exaggerated public perception of its mortality risk because of the difficulty of estimating the mortality rate, 6 the response of global media to COVID-19 remains unbalanced. Therefore, 1 way to ensure proper communication is to use social media, radio, and TV channels and ensure the constant presence of the media using the World Health Organization (WHO) principles for effective communication: accessible, actionable, credible and trusted, relevant, timely, and understandable. 8 Risk communication and community engagement contribute to the prevention of infodemics (too much information about a problem, which makes it difficult to identify the solution) 2 and increase the chance of health advice following for self-protection by creating trust in response. 2 Risk communication and effective community engagement can minimize social disorder, as well as protect health, the economy, and tourism. ./cache/cord-348138-wca7jaje.txt ./txt/cord-348138-wca7jaje.txt