Study: Men More Likely Than Women to Back COVID Conspiracies
One recent survey found that more men believe pandemic-related conspiracy theories than women, political affiliation aside. But as with all things coronavirus, it’s complicated.
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Political power plays, contradictory messaging, recalled scientific studies, insidious misinformation campaigns, and everyone from POTUS to Madonna chiming in with their suspicions that someone isn’t telling us the full story: the coronavirus pandemic has all the ingredients for stirring doubt.
But according to an academic paper published last week, one group is particularly susceptible to believing sinister explanations. Researchers set out to learn whether that would be Democrats or Republicans. Instead, they found, it’s men.
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