ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
The Role of Conspiracy Theories in the Spread of COVID-19 across the United States.
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- Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the general population (COMET-G) study.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Rise of Conspiracy Theories in the Pandemic Times.International journal for the semiotics of law = Revue internationale de semiotique juridique · 2022Article
- Vaccinations, Mobility and COVID-19 Transmission.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Paradox of Conspiracy Theory: The Positive Impact of Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories on Preventive Actions and Vaccination Intentions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inspires various conspiracy theories, which could divert public attention, alter human behaviors, and consequently affect the spread of the pandemic. Here we estimate the relation of the online attention on COVID-19-related conspiracy theories to human mobility, as well as to the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases, during 14 March 2020 to 28 August 2020. We observe that the online attention to COVID-19 conspiracy theories is significantly and negatively related to human mobility, but its negative impact is noticeably less than those of the attention to official information and personal protection measures. Since human mobility significantly promotes the spread of COVID-19, the attention to official information and personal protection measures lowers COVID-19 cases by 16.16% and 9.41%, respectively, while attention to conspiracy theories only reduces the COVID-19 cases by 6.65%. In addition, we find that in the states with higher online attention to COVID-19 conspiracy theories, the negative relation of the attention to conspiracy theories is much weaker than that in states where there is less concern about conspiracies. This study stresses the necessity of restricting the online transmission of unfounded conspiracy theories during a pandemic.
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