3 FEBRUARY 2022 PEER - REVIEWED RESEARCH: TRUST IS A STRONG PREDICTOR OF COVID OUTCOMES Bollyky , T. J., Hulland , E. N., Barber, R. M., Collins, J. K., Kiernan, S., Moses, M., Pigott, D. M., Reiner Jr, R. C., Sorensen, R. J., Abbafati , C., Adolph, C., Allorant , A., Amlag , J. O., Aravkin , A. Y., Bang - Jensen, B., Carter, A., Castellano, R., Castro, E., Chakrabarti, S., ... Dieleman, J. L. (2022). Pandemic preparedness and covid - 19: An exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021. The Lancet . https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140 - 6736(22)00172 - 6 • Higher trust in government associated with lower infection rates • High trust associated with higher vaccination rates in developed countries Key findings