Table 2 Conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 virus and vaccines
From: Predictors of receiving COVID-19 vaccine among adult population in Iran: an observational study
Item | N (%) | Unwilling N (%) | Undecided N (%) | Intended N (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you believe that … | |||||
… corona virus is man-made? | Yes (608.7) | 75 (12.3) | 181 (29.7) | 352 (57.8) | < 0.001 |
No (172.2) | 10 (5.1) | 13 (19.1) | 129 (75.0) | ||
… corona virus was created to control population growth? | Yes (371.4) | 52(14.0) | 115 (31.0) | 204 (54.9) | < 0.001 |
No (409.5) | 33 (8.0) | 99 (24.2) | 277 (67.7) | ||
… COVID-19 vaccination will be used to implant microchips into humans to control them? | Yes (138.1) | 23 (16.6) | 52 (37.6) | 63 (45.6) | < 0.001 |
No (642.8) | 62 (9.6) | 162 (25.2) | 418 (65.1) | ||
… COVID-19 vaccination will lead to infertility? | Yes (106.1) | 22 (20.7) | 39 (36.7) | 45 (42.4) | < 0.001 |
No (674.8) | 63 (9.3) | 175 (25.9) | 436 (64.6) | ||