Abstract:

Global virus outbreaks that threaten the existence of the humankind have profound social, economic, political and cultural effects as well as medical. Covid-19 disease, which has become a pandemic as of 2020, has reached the level of changing many established social behavior patterns of societies. While health scientists focus on the treatment of this pandemic, social scientists are more concerned about the economic and social dimension of the epidemic and its meanings in terms of national and international security. This research was conducted in April 2020 to determine how Atatürk University academicians perceived the Covid-19 outbreak. The sample of the study was 245 academicians who filled the questionnaires completely. The questionnaire used to gather data was developed by the researchers. Survey questions were evaluated in three parts: 1) Perceptions that the Kovid-19 pandemic was intentionally produced, 2) Economic expectations and evaluation of institutional and individual measures for the Covid-19 outbreak, and 3) General perceptions about the Covid-19 outbreak. As a result of the study it was found out that academicians evaluated the national and local measures taken in combating the Covid-19 sufficient, but they also stated that this might be one of the biological attacks designed by global minds and it would continue in the future.

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