I was wondering if one could use the seat belt use of different countries to predict how different countries would fare in a pandemic.
In theory the cultural attitude towards safety, behavior alteration for a non direct benefit should equally apply to Volvos invention as well as to mask wearing and social distancing in general.
As usual things are not as simple as I think they are. People in Greece, for instance, rather have Sirtaki liberties behind the wheel while they did not have a Covid issue. Sweden is not surprising using seat belts like no other countries, but its Covid numbers are – well – lets say they are not so great.