Table 3.
Prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine–related misinformation.
| Study design and subtype of misinformation | Study, n | Prevalence, % | |
| Surveys on general population | 24 | 2.5-55.4 | |
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Conspiracy | 22 | 2.5-48.4 |
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Concerns on vaccine safety and efficacy | 12 | 2.78-55.4 |
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No need for vaccines | 6 | 3.8-28.1 |
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Morality | 2 | 1.4-20.6 |
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Liberty | 2 | 6-36.3 |
| Surveys on the antivaccine/vaccine hesitant group | 6 | 6.0-96.7 | |
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Conspiracy | 4 | 6.0-22 |
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Concerns on vaccine safety and efficacy | 4 | 12.2-96.7 |
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No need for vaccines | 5 | 6.3-70.4 |
| Internet-based studies on general online data | 16 | 0.1-41.3 | |
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Conspiracy | 8 | 5.3-21.7 |
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Concerns on vaccine safety and efficacy | 3 | 0.4-11.1 |
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No need for vaccines | 1 | 10.1 |
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Morality | 2 | 3.9-20.6 |
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Liberty | 1 | 41.1 |
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Humor | 1 | 26 |
| Internet-based studies on antivaccine/vaccine hesitant data | 15 | 0.5-56 | |
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Conspiracy | 10 | 3.9-55.4 |
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Concerns on vaccine safety and efficacy | 8 | 1.3-44.8 |
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No need for vaccines | 3 | 0.5-3.7 |
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Morality | 2 | 2-10.4 |
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Liberty | 5 | 5-46 |