Republicans are 3 times more likely than Democrats to believe falsehoods about COVID-19

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A shocking number of Americans believe falsehoods about COVID-19 and the coronavirus vaccine, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll has found.

Nearly eight in 10, or 78 percent, of those polled said they either believed or were unsure about at least one false statement about COVID-19. The false statements included things like "COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to cause infertility" and "the COVID-19 vaccines contain a microchip."

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the poll found a major partisan split in the findings. "Nearly half (46%) of Republicans compared to just 14% of Democrats believe or are unsure about four or more misstatements about COVID-19," writes Kaiser. And 84% of Republicans believe or are unsure whether the government is exaggerating the number of COVID-19 deaths.

Only one in five adults surveyed didn't believe any of the eight falsehoods, while nearly half believed or were unsure about one to three of them. Aside from partisan differences, the other biggest gaps were between vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans — "Unvaccinated adults are at least 20 percentage points more likely than vaccinated adults to lack knowledge about each piece of misinformation tested," says Kaiser.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-3-times-more-likely-215516363.html

[texasfiddler]

1. How interesting: COVID deaths are 3 times higher in GQP (trump) counties vs. Biden Counties.

[link:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/4-to-1-vaccine-split-means-covid-deaths-are-three-times-higher-in-trump-counties-than-biden-areas/ar-AAQsUbR?ocid=uxbndlbing|

[keep_left]

2. Well, they're going to be three times more likely...

...to suffer death or disability from Covid-19, then. As the kids say, fuck around and find out.

[NowISeetheLight]

3. Well they are uneducated....

.... After all the Trump supporters were mostly not college graduates or anything. After living in the South for a few years (due to work) while he was President and hanging around a few of them I can confirm they're generally clueless. I've heard people come right out and claim the hospital footage from the news with the full ICUs was really "a hollywood set" and that the "virus isn't real". They don't have the ability to be critical thinkers, to research facts, to analyze data and actually SEE the reality. It's easier to listen to the Orange Clown who claims he "loves the uneducated" and makes them feel everyone else is responsible for their problems.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Hillary was right.

[Firestorm49]

5. Well I hope it's not because they're stupid or something. 😜

[monkeyman1]

6. no, just think trump & republican's are right ! bad move !