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Conspiracy beliefs hamper US response to COVID-19
Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.“Belief in pandemic conspiracy theories appears to be an obstacle to minimizing the spread of COVID-19,” says study co-author Dan Romer, research director of APPC. APPC director Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the study’s other author.The authors published the study in the journal Social Science & Medicine.The study authors conducted surveys from March 17–27, 2020, and July 1–21, 2020.