Exposure to misinformation leads to decline in COVID-19 uptake intentA randomized control trial shows that being exposed to misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine induced a decline in the intent to definitely get the COVID vaccine of 6.2 percentage points in the United Kingdom and 6.4 percentage points in the United States, according to a study today in Nature Human Behaviour.Various models show a COVID-19 vaccine will need to be accepted by at least 55% of a country's population to provide herd immunity, with estimates reaching as high as 85%, depending on country and infection rates, the authors wrote.
Rampant misinformation on social media concerning the novel COVID vaccines could hinder the road to herd immunity.In this study, 8,000