Healio (1/26, Herpen) reports, “U.S. adults who display moderate or greater symptoms of depression are more likely to endorse misinformation related to the COVID-19 vaccine,” investigators posited.
According to Psychiatric News (1/26), additionally, those “who believed misinformation about COVID vaccines were less likely to be vaccinated or be willing to get the vaccine,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from U.S. adults who responded to at least one of two online surveys conducted between April 1 and May 3, 2021, and between June 9 and July 7, 2021.” The findings of the 15,464-participant survey study were published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “US adults with depression more likely to endorse misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine “Robert Herpen, Healio, January 26, 2022