Table 2.

Participants’ Understanding of Common Medical Countermeasures Language

Word	Responses
Experimental	animals, cautious, deceptive, guinea pigs, high risk, iffy, lab rat, medicine, new, prevention, risky, sabotage, scam, scared, science, still in verification, testing, trial, Tuskegee experiment, unproven, watch out, working
Unapproved	approved, bad, big red X, cancer, dangerous, do not take it, early, fake, FDA, lied to, not regulated, no-go, preliminary, risky, scary, sketchy, terrifying, test, unsecure
Clinical trial	AIDS, cancer, distrust, doctor, experiment, fake, gold standard, guinea pig, helpful, medicine, money, NIH, patent pending, pleased, progressive, promising, rats, risky, secret, test, test dummy study, testing, war, worried
Accelerated approval	acceptance, anxious, crisis, dangerous, Donald Trump, emergency, extra scared, fast track, FDA, good, green light, last resort, lying, more deceiving, nervous, not acceptable, not a good thing, not tested, pushed, rush through, safe, sketchy, the law, uncertainty, underhanded, worry
Off-label	black market, cheap, cutting corners, damaging, herbs, generic, illegal knock-off, just as good, lobby, medicine, mediocre, nervous, nonstandard, normal, questionable, risky, snake oil, sketchy, suspicious, thrifty, uncertain, unapproved, warning needed, weird
Extended shelf life	bad, beneficial, chemical enhancers, confused, durable, error, expired harmful, good, grocery store, iffy, ingredients, longevity, okay, old, perishable, preservative, protection, questionable, skeptical, unneeded, unsafe
Investigational new drug	bad, CDC, concerned, crazy, crucial, dangerous, desperate, experiment, extreme caution, FDA, good, government, guinea pig, H1N1, hospital, important, lab rat, last resort, necessary, panic, problematic, professional, risky, rushed, scary, soothing, surprised, test, trauma, use only in an emergency, wouldn't trust it
Emergency use authorization	ambulance, a must, civil rights, concerned, emergency, extreme caution, desperate, fast-track approval, fear, FEMA, good, helpful, important, interesting, last resort, major health emergency, mandatory, need, over-controlling, pandemic, panic, police, prioritize, risky, rushing, scary, SOS, sneaky, soothing, suspicious, unapproved, unsure, urgent
Federal stockpile	abundant, bad, conspiracy, civil liberty, disaster prevention, drugs, enormous, emergency, federal, food, for certain people only, gasoline, gold, good, government, market, nuclear weapons, plan, prevention, research chemicals, reserve, rice, sketchy, supplies, surplus, unfavorable, Wall Street, weapon, worry
Adjuvant	clouds, confusion, dictionary, don't know, doubtful, health restriction, lies, medication, most likely, new word, no clue, no idea, not really sure, nothing, paper piles, prison, scary, something you put into drugs, so-so, sports, upper, youth
Investigational device exemption	bad, court system, band – could be bribed, criminal, concerned, confusion, delay, desperate, emergency, favorable, harmful, huh, iffy, law abuse, legal, lobbying, no idea, not okay, not sure, not yet approved by FDA, paranoid, phone tap, police, policies, procedural, research, science, secret lab, screwed, spy, technology, uncomfortable, weird
Medical countermeasure	alternative, concerned, cure maybe, defense, disease, doctor, doing their job?, drug, FDA, flu shot, free, good – life saving, happy, inconvenient, informant, lies – all lies, medicine, mental health, pharmacy, precaution, procedure, reassuring, reserve, safety, scared of side effects, treatment, vaccine, worry