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This creates a paradox: the same norm strength that may support compliance with public-health measures may also be less conducive to ideation, creativity, and scientific output. While prior research has associated cultural tightness with lower COVID-19 cases and deaths, its relationship with scientific capacity remains underexplored. This study examines associations between scientific capacity, cultural tightness, and COVID-19 outcomes using cross-national data. Findings show that scientific capacity has no robust direct protective association with pre-vaccine COVID-19 cases or deaths once cultural tightness and structural covariates are included. In contrast, Gelfand\u2019s measure of cultural tightness is consistently associated with lower cases and deaths. 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