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Conspiracism and Government Distrust Predict COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal
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Conspiracism and government distrust predict COVID-19 vaccine refusal
Vaccine hesitancy has been attributed to policy mistakes (e.g., poor communication), individual-level perceptions of risk (i.e., safety concerns about side-effects) and to structural factors, such as the politicization of public health in many countries. Institutional distrust has also been blamed for vaccine refusal, but few studies simultaneously control for possible psychological explanations such as the need for cognition, or general curiosi…
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DnoticiasCatarina Santos came to the conclusion that religion and political ideology, among other things, can make people more inclined to believe in disinformation, often difficult to correct.
As regards health, a study by ISCTE researcher Catarina Santos concluded that people are more religious and are more inclined to accept alternative treatments.
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