Empathy is commonly conceived as the ability to comprehend, share, and show concerns about the emotions of others through "wearing their shoes." Empathy is a precursor of pro-social behavior, such as following rules and doing good things that benefit others. Based on a short-term longitudinal study, Qu et al showed that empathy positively predicted preventive health behavior under COVID-19, such as maintaining social distancing and wearing a mask when going out, which highlights the importance of prosocial motivation in promoting health behavior to prevent COVID infection. While perspective taking and concern for personal health were not related to preventive behavior for COVID infection, empathic concern positively predicted preventive health behavior and COV1D-19 worries. Finally, Qu et al highlighted the importance of understanding the role of altruistic motives in preventive health behavior under COVID-19. Meanwhile, Christner et al's study found that social-oriented factors (empathy and moral judgment) actually predicted preventive health behavior under COVID-19 beyond self-oriented factors, such as the fear of being infected and punished. Such findings underscore the importance of including prosocial and moral judgment factors on top of egoistic motives in understanding behavior aiming to prevent COVID infection.