Vaccine resistance comes from childhood legacy of mistrust
Apr 2022, phys.org
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The researchers turned to their database, the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, which has been tracking all of the nearly 1,000 people born in 1972 and 1973 in a single town in New Zealand, and ran a special survey of their participants in the middle of 2021 to gage vaccination intentions shortly before the vaccines became available in New Zealand.The Dunedin data showed that 40 years ago in childhood, many of the participants who said they were now vaccine-resistant or hesitant had adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect, threats, and deprivations.
via Duke University: Terrie E Moffitt et al, Deep-seated psychological histories of COVID-19 vaccine hesitance and resistance, PNAS Nexus (2022). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac034
Vaccination campaign messages often prove ineffective
May 2022, phys.org
- A study in eight European countries shows that information on the benefits of vaccines can even reduce the willingness to get immunized.
- Messages effective only in Germany (vs Bulgaria, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK).
- In Spain and Italy, it had the opposite effect.
- These were the variables they studied:
- citizens' trust in their government
- literacy with regard to healthcare issues
- share of the population who believe in certain conspiracy theories
- Health literacy was the main determinant
- Older people tended to be less receptive on the whole to all of the messages
via Technical University Munich, University of Trento, London School of Economics and Political Science: Janina I. Steinert et al, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in eight European countries: Prevalence, determinants, and heterogeneity, Science Advances (2022). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm9825
Also: Silvia Angerer et al, How Does the Vaccine Approval Procedure Affect COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions? SSRN Electronic Journal (2022). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4073498
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Researchers' tools show who is most easily duped by 'financial bullshit'
May 2022, phys.org
- Answer - young men with relatively high incomes who overestimate their financial expertise
- Also - people who are less analytical and have lower verbal intelligence
- "Pseudo-profound Bullshit" - vaguely related words that sound insightful and impressive, but which don't actually mean anything; it's not untrue but misleading
- Bonus - Individuals who are good at producing bullshit are perceived to be—and actually are—more intelligent than others
- Bonus Bonus, Who is Least Susceptible - older women with lower incomes who don't overestimate their financial expertise
via Linköping University: Mario Kienzler et al, Individual differences in susceptibility to financial bullshit, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.jbef.2022.100655
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