Title: Decision making during an epidemic

Choose character

Here are the profiles of eight citizens of the same European country. Read them carefully and select the chararcter which you are going to impersonate during the role game.

Person A (Stephan, 16 years old)

Stephan lives in a large city and is student at the first grade of high school. He lives along with his 2 parents and his 3 younger siblings Both his parents work and each of them earns some moderate income. There are two PCs available in the house and good Internet connection. Stephan has a tendency in Science and wants to attend University and study Pharmacy, since hise mother works in a pharmacy and is famliliar with occulation.

Person B (Helen, 28 years old)

Helen lives in a small city and work at public services at an office. She works on the archive and her work does not include citizen service. She has ease at the use of PCs. She has two-year-old daughter who she raises on her own.

Person C (Michael, 34 years old)

Michael lives in a small town as a cashier in a local supermarket. He is married with one child and his spouse was recenty fired from her work, which was a waiter at a restaurant.

Person D (Catherine, 45 years old)

Catherine lives in a metropolitan city and works as a doctor in a large hospitals. She works on the Emergencies and is often on duty. She lives alone. She suffers from a chronic disease of the respiratory system and takes medication for it.

Person E (Charlie, 25 years old)

Charlie lives alone on a small town. He has been working as a waiter at a restaurant fro the last six months. His salary is not high, but he might have a raise during the next months. He has economic problems and he is already two months late for paying the rents for his apartment.

Person F (Arman, 37 years old)

Arman is from Iran anda came here about 8 months ago. He left his homecountry because he worried about the living conditions there. He lives at the center of a matropolitan city and works as a cook in a restaurant of Middle East cousine, which is quite popular. He talks, mainly, with other Iranians, because he doesn't speak the local language well, yet. He lives in a small haouse with other two roomates until he has set some money aside so that he can lent an apartment on his own.

Person G (Luke, 53 years old)

Luke lives in a small village and works as a farmer. He grows oranges and tobacco plants. His village is remoted and the nearest town is quite far away. He lives with his wife, because his two children have grown up and moved to a large city. He knows little about PCs. He has some respiratory and cardiovascular problems because he would use insectisides for many years without the necessary precautionary equipment.

Person H (Florence, 79 years old)

Florence lives in a small city and has retried from work. Her pension is low. She lives with her husband who has, also, retired from work. They used to ran together a small shoes shop. They have one son, but he lives in another city. She spents most of her time at home. Walking long distances is extremely tiring for her, and avoids them.

Q: Which character do you choose?
- Person A
- Person B
- Person C
- Person D
- Person E
- Person F
- Person G
- Person H

Health advantages

Answer the following questions as if you were the character you chose. Rely on the information you were given about them, but you should complete the details about their lives by using your imagination. Imagine being the character you chose. Now, suppose that an epidemic of an infectious disease appears, similar to COVID-19.

Access to medical information

Q: Do you have easy access to medicall information, e.g. from the Mass Media?
A: true

Appraisal of medical information

Q: Is it easy for you to understand the medical news you see, read, or listen to the Media or doctors, and understand which of this is true and which is fake?
A: true

Medical and scientific knowledge

Q: Do you have sufficient scientific and medical knowlegde to be able to understand the medical concepts you watch on TV or read on the Internet?
A: true

Access to doctors

Q: Do you have easy access to doctor or hospital in case of an urgent case?
A: true

Communication

Q: Is it easy for you to use and understand the language in informative campaigns or when communicating with doctors?
A: true

Underlying health condition

Q: Is your health condition good enough, without other health problems that might worsen your health in case of getting sick?
A: true

Exposure to disease

Q: Is it easy for you to keep every possible access to the disease low, which means to keep yourself far from close interactions with other people?
A: true

Medical equipment

Q: Can you afford buying all the necessary equipment, especially expendable items, such as medicine, masks, medical tests?
A: true

Medical insurance

Q: Do you have medical insurance that could cover your expense for the medicine, or even in case of hospitalization?
A: true

Remote work or schooling

Q: Can you have practice remote work or remote schooling online?
A: true

Digital abilities

Q: Can you use with ease the necessary medical, or other, online platforms or services, e.g. to make appointrments with doctors?
A: true

Financial security

Q: Is it quite sure that your personal or family income will not have any reduction during the epidemic?
A: true

Working security

Q: Is it quite sure that you ans ypur family members are going to keep their job position, and not stay unemployed, during the epidemic?

Είναι αρκετά σίγουρο ότι το θα διατηρήσετε τη δουλειά σας, δηλαδή δεν θα μείνετε άνεργοι, εσείς και τα μέλη της οικογένειάς σας κατά τη διάρκεια της επιδημίας;
A: true

Quarantine enforcmenent

Q: Is it easy for you to enact the proper quarantine measures in case a member of your family or a roomate gets sick?
A: true

Emotional condition

Q: Will you have some company, or a pleasant atmosphere at home, and avoid feeling unpleasant, intense, anxious or lonely situations?
A: true

Το σκορ που σημείωσε ο χαρακτήρας σας δείχνει πόσο πιο "μπροστά" θα είναι ο χαρακτήρας σας αν ξεσπάσει μια επιδημία. Ένα σκορ 15/15 αποτελεί στο απόλυτο προβάδισμα, ενώ ένα σκορ 0/15 αντιστοιχεί σε πολλά εμπόδια για την επίτευξη μιας καλής κατάσταση υγείας.

Emotions

Continue to see the world from the viewpoint of the character you have chosen. The epidemic continues to hit the country. Try to understand how the chosen character would feel. What emotions would they feel about the conditions, what does they think about their lives?

Emotions

Q: What emotions do you feel during an epidemic?
- Joy
- Enthusiasm
- Sorrow
- Worry
- Fear
- Stress
- Agony
- Loneliness
- Despair
- Intensiveness
- Anger
- Releaf
- Relaxation
- Exhaustion

Συναισθήματα

Emotions

Q: According to your choces above, write 3-4 thoughts of your character. What does they think about the epidemic? How do they feel? What are their thoughts, their worries, their fears, their hopes?

Decision making

Continue to see the world from the viewpoint of the character you have chosen. The epidemic continues to hit the country. You have examined their background. Yoiy have seen what their emotional world is.

Your character has to make numerous decisions on several occasions. Consider hoe your character, your role, would react in the following occasions. What thoughts, what worries, what feelings would they have? Express yourself sincerely. There are neither correct nor false answers. When one makes a decision, one does not decide solely upon reason, but also upon emotions.

Q: Can I keep up and enforce all the protective measures against the epidemic (avoidance of crowding, avoidance of seeing friengs, masks use, sociancing)? Is it worth doing it?

Q: Can I constantly buy the necessary pharmaceutical equipment (face masks, detection tests, gloves)? Are these my priority?

Q: How often am I foing to get informed about the evolution of the epidemic? Where am I going to get inform from? Do I want to be informed?

Character's values

Continue to see the world from the viewpoint of the character you have chosen. The epidemic continues to hit the country. You have examined their background. Yoiy have seen what their emotional world is. You have seen how they make decisions.

Many times, on daily, but also urgent occasions, our values are conflicted to one another and it is important for us to decide what is more important than what. Get into the position of the chosen character onve more. How do you think that your character would prioritize their needs, beliefs, and values according to their life conditions and mindset?

Character's values

- It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include crowding.
- It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical garbage (e.g. masks).
- It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some processes must be done on Internet and some companies to stop operating.
- It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to me.
- It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid the demolishion of the State's economy.
- It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.
- It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures for everyone.
Q: 1
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 2
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 3
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 4
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 5
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 6
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 7
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …

Student's values

You have been concerned enough about the character that you chose. Now focus on yourself. What is your personal beliefs about the epidemic? Prioritize the same values, but this time in a way that represent yourself. There are neither correct nor false opinions hear. The values of each one are exclusively personal.

Student's values

- It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include crowding.
- It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical garbage (e.g. masks).
- It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some processes must be done on Internet and some companies to stop operating.
- It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to me.
- It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid the demolishion of the State's economy.
- It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.
- It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures for everyone.
Q: 1
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 2
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 3
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 4
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 5
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 6
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …
Q: 7
A: It is very important for small companies to keep working even if they include …; It is very important to protect the environmtent from excessive pharamaceutical …; It is very important to avoid close interraction of people, even if some …; It is very important to keep personal contacts with people who I feel close to …; It is very important to sustain the operation of businesses in order to avoid …; It is very important to keep my job position and income stable at any cost.; It is very important to keep strict enforcement of the public health measures …

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