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Table 2 Messages by categories of known drivers of willingness to comply

From: Improving compliance with physical distancing across religious cultures in Israel

Category 1: Perceived risk of COVID 19

A1

Very dangerous, wildly infectious

A2

Not dangerous; media exaggerates the strain of influenza

A3

Not dangerous, but it is all they talk about in the news

A4

Experts are advising but the government is reactive

Category 2: Practices of physical distancing

B1

Everyone should work and study only from home

B2

Everyone should keep a distance of 2 m from each other

B3

Everyone should be Confined to within a 100 m distance from the house

B4

Everyone should wear a mask everywhere we go

Category 3: Ways to ensure physical distancing

C1

A compulsory lockdown

C2

Leave only for grocery shopping (3 at a time) or pharmacy (1 at a time)

C3

Designated volunteers do shopping for elders and disabled

C4

Only 60 and older shop in the first two hours after opening

Category 4: The agent communicating the physical distancing policy

D1

National government

D2

Home Front Command

D3

Religious leaders

D4

The media