What is it about?
Early study of belief in conspiracy theories about the Covid pandemic and how it predicted reluctance to take action to prevent infection in the US
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Why is it important?
It was conducted at the very beginning of the pandemic and foretold the impact that belief in such theories would have going forward in the US
Perspectives
This study has led us to further examine the underpinnings of conspiracy mentality as a source of distrust in government and other centers of power
Dan Romer
University of Pennsylvania
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This page is a summary of: Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., Social Science & Medicine, October 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113356.
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