*2.2. Pandemic Knowledge*

Pandemic knowledge refers to awareness and the collection of information gained by individuals about a pandemic's modes of transmission and prevention. It has been argued that different virus outbreaks like Ebola, Influenza, and Zika viruses could severely affect human beings, especially pregnant women. To this end, Krubiner et al. [39] explained twenty-two guidelines and recommendations that offer a road map for morally liable, socially unbiased, and deferential addition. This was done for the welfare of pregnant women and their offspring in the expansion and distribution of vaccination against pandemic outbreaks. Besides, a study was conducted in India between 2009 and 2015 to consider the impact of climate change on malarial pandemics and the influence of a specific area's population, frequency, and prevalence of malarial parasite. Further, the seasonal variations were studied by using the logistic regression model. The results showed that the climate and seasonal change influenced pandemics as summers accelerated the pandemics, while winters had a significant negative effect [40]. According to Yang et al. [41], after SARS-2003 and MERS-2012, COVID-19 appeared as a new pandemic. Its main symptoms included dry cough, flu, temperature, and body pain. The Chinese government was reportedly taking measures for prevention and control as the human-to-human transmission rate was higher than SARS and MERS. It was suggested that there was a need to develop antivirals or vaccines that would offer a big opportunity. It was further opined that the virus was

affecting the nation's economy drastically. In light of these works, the following association is hypothesized:

**Hypothesis 2.** *Pandemic knowledge is likely to have a positive association with a willingness to adopt pandemic prevention.*
