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. 2021 Apr 14;7(4):e26527. doi: 10.2196/26527

Table 3.

Distributions of labels for the four COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

Conspiracy theory Label distribution

COVID-19 misinformation, n Not COVID-19 misinformation, n Proportion of COVID-19 misinformation, %
5Ga 367 356 50.8
Gatesb 354 356 49.9
Labc 407 327 55.4
Vaxd 142 632 18.3

a5G: conspiracy theories related to 5G technology.

bGates: conspiracy theories related to Bill Gates or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

cLab: conspiracy theories related to SARS-CoV-2 being laboratory-released or human-made.

dVax: conspiracy theories related to vaccines.