A new study by the KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll Pilot has found a third of adults believed the COVID-19 vaccines “caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people.” Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00The KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll Pilot has found a third of adults believe the COVID-19 vaccines caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people.
00:12Nearly a third of participants also said ivermectin was an effective treatment for COVID-19, despite the fact that health experts and clinicians have repeatedly stressed that there is no evidence of such a thing.
00:24The study revealed belief in misinformation about key health issues persists among a good chunk of adults.
00:31Despite there being no evidence to support the following claims, a quarter of people said they believe vaccinations against measles, mumps, and rubella cause autism in children and that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility.
00:44A third of participants said they believe sex education would lead to teens being more sexually active.
00:50It was also revealed that larger shares of participants believed in misinformation having to do with gun violence when compared to other issues.
00:59For example, 42% said they believe people who have firearms in their homes are less likely to be killed by a gun than people without guns at home, when in fact the opposite has been observed in a recent study.