Existing research has focused extensively on the role of emotions such as anger, fear, and enthusiasm in explaining  public  opinion,  but  less  is  known  about  the  importance  of  disgust,  an  innate  disease-  related  emotion.  To  study  the  independent  and  joint  effects  of  disgust  and  information,  I  draw  on  the  case  of  the  COVID-  19  pandemic.  I  demonstrate  that  experimentally  induced  incidental  disgust  and  exposure  to  information  about  how  to  flatten  the  curve  of  the  COVID-  19  cases  have  distinctive  effects  on  political,  racial, and health attitudes. Independently, exposure to information affects preferences only for restrictive policies to fight the spread of the virus. In contrast, the stand- alone effect of incidental disgust, as well as its  joint  effect  with  exposure  to  information,  are  responsible  for  attitude  change  toward  both  pandemic-  relevant and irrelevant policies, Asian minorities, and prevention measures. Importantly, the study finds that  citizens  respond  symmetrically  to  disgusting  stimuli  and  information  across  degrees  of  political  awareness, ideology, partisan affiliation, and trait authoritarianism. The results draw attention to the far- reaching implications of disgust on public opinion under threatening conditions.