Assertion: public advice | /r/HasSubevent | self-fulfilling prophecy
Facets:
value: in this sense
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In this sense, public health advice – which, throughout most of March, focused on handwashing and isolation of symptomatic cases – might have led to a self-fulfilling prophecy: if people believed the official guidelines, it is not surprising they would have been reluctant to support stricter lockdown and social distancing.