Nearly 1 in 4 here believes false claim on vaccine: Poll

Jawapos (Indonesia), 25 Dec - https://www.jawapos.com/internasional/25/12/2020/survei-lebih-dari-separuh-warga-singapura-bersedia-divaksin-covid-19/

Close to one in four residents in Singapore polled believes a false claim that Covid-19 vaccines alter DNA, according to a survey by NTU. Older respondents were also more likely to believe this falsehood circulated on social media, despite it being debunked on fact-checking websites, according to results from an ongoing survey commissioned by the university's WKWSCI. The responses were collected as part of a larger survey that tracks a group of Singapore residents over the years to understand their information behaviour, Assoc Prof Edson Tandoc Jr, the survey's lead researcher, said on Thursday. On the results, Assoc Prof Tandoc said, "This is something that we need to continue tracking, as we expect more conspiracy theories and misinformation about vaccination to spread in the coming months, as more and more people get vaccinated around the world.”