LONDON, Oct 15 — Up to a third of people in certain countries may believe coronavirus misinformation and in turn be less open to immunisation, scientists said yesterday, warning that development of a vaccine “might not be enough.” Researchers in Britain and the Netherlands conducted surveys...
Up to a third of people in certain countries may believe coronavirus misinformation and in turn be less open to immunisation, scientists said October 14, 2020. — JurgaR/Istock.com pic via AFP
The World Health Organisation has warned that the pandemic has been accompanied by a damaging “infodemic” that has made it hard for people to cut through the misinformation. The hoax that Covid-19 symptoms are worsened by 5G phone networks was deemed reliable by 16 per cent of respondents in Mexico and in Spain, 12 per cent in Ireland, and 8 per cent in both the UK and US., found “a clear link” between believing coronavirus conspiracies and hesitancy around any future vaccine, said co-author Sander van der Linden, director of the Cambridge University Social Decision-Making Lab.
Jon Roozenbeek, the lead author and a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge's Department of Psychology, said people were dealing with “a deluge of statistics” in the pandemic. Trusting politicians' ability to tackle the crisis predicted a higher likelihood of believing conspiracies in Mexico, Spain and the US, but not in the UK and Ireland, the study found.
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