Table 1.
Item Wordings of Latent Profile Indicators.
| Item | M | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Misinformation statements | ||
| People have been infected with COVID-19 long before 2019 [mis1] | 3.64 | 1.95 |
| Only about 0.1 percent of infected people die from COVID-19 [mis2] | 3.99 | 1.91 |
| Individuals without symptoms do not spread COVID-19 [mis3] | 2.32 | 1.92 |
| RNA vaccines being developed against the novel coronavirus alter the human genome in the long term [mis4] | 3.35 | 1.66 |
| Wearing a mask causes one to inhale harmful amounts of CO2 [mis5] | 3.34 | 2.11 |
| Among those carrying the coronavirus, less than 1% experienced the disease [mis6] | 3.44 | 1.77 |
| Evidence statements | ||
| The substance hydroxychloroquine showed no positive influence on the course of infections with COVID-19 in clinical studies [evi1] | 4.00 | 1.64 |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of face masks if physical distance cannot be maintained [evi2] | 5.35 | 1.95 |
| COVID-19 can damage other organs besides the lungs, such as the kidney, liver, and pancreas [evi3] | 4.87 | 1.81 |
| In Austria, there was slight excess mortality during the first COVID-19 wave. That is, more people died than would have been expected based on data from previous years [evi4] | 4.04 | 2.01 |
| It is possible to use the Stopp Corona-app provided by the Red Cross without disclosing any personal data [evi5] | 3.74 | 2.11 |
| Conspiracy statements | ||
| 5G technology is being used deliberately to spread the coronavirus [con1] | 2.04 | 1.68 |
| The novel coronavirus was intentionally created in a lab [con2] | 3.14 | 1.99 |
| Bill Gates wants to use vaccines to reduce population growth [con3] | 2.39 | 1.85 |
Note. N = 912.