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Altruistic punishment supports the persistence of social norms for infectious diseases

2026-08-02

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> In the face of an epidemic where a population behaviour both influences disease transmission and reacts to it, social processes can generate norms to support socially beneficial behaviour. Most mathematical models of coupled behaviour–disease dynamics treat norms as pre-existing rather than explaining how they are maintained. Here, we investigate whether altruistic punishment can sustain a socia...

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Literature Corpus work: 74204e89-ea4f-5217-989f-44c5c50370b1
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.30.26358890

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