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Culture matters a lot in successfully managing a pandemic - and many countries that did well had one thing in common

  • Written by Leah Cathryn Windsor, Research Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
Culture matters a lot in successfully managing a pandemic - and many countries that did well had one thing in commonLeaders can make rules in a pandemic, but it takes everyone's compliance for them to work.Ada daSilva via Getty Images

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