Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
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It will be critical to confront both conspiracy theories and vaccination misinformation to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and reduce barriers to uptake of preventive behaviors and vaccination when a vaccine becomes available.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2020-09-14 and is currently open access. It has received 575 citations till now.read more
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