Why We Choose to Comply With Or Ignore COVID-19 Guidelines

Governor Tim Walz’s stay-at-home order expiries on May 18th. Additional retail businesses will reopen on that day, and other services are slated to resume on June 1st. Polling data in Minnesota and nationwide indicates that a majority of respondents support efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus through shelter-in-place directives and the closure of businesses and services that are deemed non-essential. A study using cell phone location data initially gave Minnesotans an A grade for their compliance with social distancing, but in recent weeks, that grade has declined to a D. University of Minnesota Associate Professor of Sociology and Law Joshua Page joins us to discuss the reasons why we do or do not comply with governmental directives and the advice of medical experts.