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A survey of more than 1,700 people found that 42% admitted to lying about their vaccination reputation or compliance with COVID-19 public health protective measures.
The effects of the survey were recently published in the online medical journal JAMA Network Open.
Some respondents admitted to misleading others about adhering to COVID-19 fitness protocols because they “didn’t believe COVID was real. “
According to a new study, more than 40% of U. S. citizens misled others about their COVID-19 vaccination or how they followed public fitness guidelines.
In a December 2021 survey of 1733 U. S. adults, researchers found that 42% of participants admitted to following or distorting how they adhered to COVID-19 protocols.
The effects of the survey were published this week in the American Medical Association’s monthly online journal JAMA Network Open.
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Of those surveyed who admitted to misleading others about COVID-19, about a quarter said they said they were taking more preventive measures against COVID-19 than they were taking.
Another 22% admitted to violating COVID-19 quarantine rules; 21% said they have avoided getting tested for COVID-19 when they think they might have the virus; And 20% said they lied knowing they had the virus when they were tested to enter a doctor’s office.
More than one million people in the U. S. U. S. citizens have died from COVID-19 and more than 6. 5 million have died from the disease worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data panel.
Public health measures have the ability to especially reduce the spread and have an effect on a disease, the researchers note. “But their good fortune depends on the public’s willingness to be fair and adhere to those measures. “
The effects of the survey also show that public health directives applied during the pandemic may have been flawed.
“These data tell us that a strategy that relies on other people admitting to having symptoms or actual diagnosis would not be the best strategy in prolonged pandemics,” said Angela Fagerlin, study leader and chair of the Department of Population. . Health Sciences from the University of Utah Health told the Seattle Times. “Knowledge suggests that many other people will be cheating for a variety of reasons. “
According to the study, some of the most common reasons given by respondents for adhering to COVID-19 protocols were that they “wanted to feel normal” or “exercise their private freedom. “
Others said they lied about following fitness rules because they were “following the recommendation of a public figure I trust,” such as a politician, scientist or celebrity. A smaller portion of respondents said they “didn’t believe COVID-19 was real. “or that “they didn’t need anyone to judge me or think anything bad about me. “
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