Analysing data from a nationally representative sample of 3442 interviews conducted in Egypt in 2020, this study examines the influence of four sets of factors in predicting compliance with the advice of healthcare professionals to combat the spread of COVID-19: demographics, knowledge and values, fear of the disease and denial, and the pandemic as a foreign invasion. The findings show that a higher likelihood of compliance is linked to socioeconomic status, awareness of the pandemic, reliance on a plurality of information sources, adherence to liberal values, and fear of the disease, but being male, young, employed, religious, fatalistic, and in denial of the severity of the pandemic lower this likelihood – all consistent with the results reported in the literature. In addition, this study highlights the link between compliance and such attributes of nationalism as national identity, national pride, the perception of the pandemic as a national event, and the willingness to sacrifice one's human right to combat the spread of the disease. Drawing on these factors, this paper suggests building societal consensus around the theme of national unity against the microparasitic invasion is the key to an effective strategy to combat the spread of the virus.

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大流行和遵守安全措施的问题：埃及的案例

本研究分析了 2020 年在埃及进行的 3442 次全国代表性访谈样本的数据，考察了四组因素对预测遵守医疗保健专业人员的建议以对抗 COVID-19 传播的影响：人口统计、知识和价值观、对疾病的恐惧和否认，以及将流行病视为外来入侵。研究结果表明，遵守规定的可能性较高与社会经济地位、对流行病的认识、对多种信息来源的依赖、对自由价值观的坚持以及对疾病的恐惧有关，但男性、年轻人、有工作、有宗教信仰、宿命论，并且否认大流行的严重性降低了这种可能性——所有这些都与文献报道的结果一致。此外，这项研究还强调了合规性与民族主义属性之间的联系，这些属性包括国家认同、民族自豪感、将流行病视为国家事件的看法以及牺牲个人人权以抗击疾病传播的意愿。基于这些因素，本文建议围绕民族团结抗击微寄生虫入侵的主题建立社会共识是制定有效策略来对抗病毒传播的关键。