Table 8.
Rating of “fake news” statements by survey participants.
| Fake News Allegations | Disagreement | Uncertain | Agreement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Q1 | Is monkeypox real? | 257 | 31.3 | 176 | 21.4 | 386 | 47.1 |
| Q2 | Was there a worldwide occult that spread monkeypox which wants to depopulate the earth? | 494 | 60.3 | 135 | 18.4 | 190 | 23.2 |
| Q3 | Did monkeypox emerge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep the world’s population in check through fear? | 457 | 55.8 | 125 | 15.2 | 237 | 28.9 |
| Q4 | Are smallpox vaccines made to reduce the earth’s population, just like the talk of COVID-19 vaccines? | 518 | 63.2 | 118 | 14.4 | 183 | 22.3 |
| Q5 | Are doctors paid to induce panic among the population? | 527 | 64.3 | 114 | 13.9 | 178 | 21.7 |
| Q6 | Was monkeypox created because the population was not sufficiently reduced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? | 520 | 63.4 | 115 | 14.0 | 184 | 22.4 |
| Q7 | Did monkeypox emerge in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep the world’s population under control through fear? | 485 | 59.2 | 119 | 14.5 | 215 | 26.2 |
| Q7 | Do you think it is true that unprotected sexual contact is at the origin of the spread of the monkeypox disease? | 442 | 53.9 | 201 | 24.5 | 176 | 21.4 |
| Q8 | Do you think the statement which claims that the propagation of the monkeypox disease lies in unprotected sexual contact has the purpose of reducing the population of the planet? | 587 | 71.6 | 137 | 16.7 | 95 | 11.6 |
| Q9 | Do you agree with the authorities’ point of view that pandemics are limited to human security issues? | 342 | 41.7 | 216 | 26.3 | 261 | 31.8 |
| Q10 | Would you agree to accept the curtailment of some freedoms, in the short term, in order to take institutional measures to combat a possible monkeypox pandemic? | 441 | 53.8 | 130 | 15.8 | 248 | 30.2 |