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Why using fear to promote COVID-19 vaccination and mask wearing could backfire You probably still remember public service ads that scared you: The cigarette smoker with throat cancer. The victims of a drunk driver. The guy who neglected his cholesterol lying in a morgue with a toe tag. With new, highly transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 now spreading, some health professionals have started calling for the use of similar fear-based strategies to persuade people to follow social distancing rules and get vaccinated. There is compelling evidence that fear can change behavior, and there have bee...

By Erin Nolan Staff Writer Dec 23, 2020 1 of 2 Hospitals in the North Shore, such as the Beverly Hospital, are bracing for a post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases as people travel to celebrate the holidays with families despite the pandemic. JAIME CAMPOS/Staff photo Jaime Campos A Beverly Hospital employee walks outside of the emergency department Tuesday as hospitals across the state ready for an expected surge in coronavirus infections. Hospital officials are urging residents to avoid large gatherings and travel during the holidays. JAIME CAMPOS/S...

Change. >> lockdown 24/7. >> it is inevitable to end up here. >> if the jails were filled with white kids from the suburbs and they were makeing the white kid work for no money, how long do you think that operation would be allowed to last? >> the criminal justice system in the country's only function is concan trolling poor people. >> when i went away as a kids, it taught me nothing. >> they have to change this. >> "american jail" a cnn film. joining me is the writer and director and producer of "american jail" rogerer ross wi williams. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so this is loo...

Everything you guys say you did, everything you guys think that you done did that we ain't did, we did it. it's really just about us not scolding the kids. it's not a scared straight. but we try to give you the communication part like, look, man, this is what i did. and this is what it got me. like this is the trophy that i was trying to earn. is this what you want to earn? and most kids, they don't. do you want to come to jail at 15 years old? do you want to come to prison and have to be on the yard? stand up. let me see how tall you are. this was me. >> you was my size? >> this was me when i...

All of it. everything you guys say you did, everything you guys think that you done did that we ain't did, we did it. it's really just about us not scolding the kids. it's not a scared straight. but we try to give you the communication part like, look, man, this is what i did. and this is what it got me. like this is the trophy that i was trying to earn. is this what you want to earn? and most kids, they don't. do you want to come to jail at 15 years old? do you want to come to prison and have to be on the yard? stand up. let me see how tall you are. this was me. >> you was my size? >> this wa...