Adults' certainty of COVID-19 misinformation by education U.S. 2023| ��ƽ��

Percentage of adults who thought select false claims about COVID-19 were definitely or probably true in the United States as of 2023, by education

Characteristic	High school or less	Some college	College degree	Total
The COVID-19 vaccines have caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people.	43%	35%	23%	34%
Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.	32%	40%	24%	31%
The COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to cause infertility.	36%	26%	20%	27%
More people have died from the COVID-19 vaccines than have died from the COVID-19 virus.	30%	20%	9%	20%

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 23 to June 12, 2023

Number of respondents

2,007 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Survey was conducted in English (1,881) and in Spanish (126)

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

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A survey in 2023 found that the proportion of adults in the United States who believed in COVID-19 misinformation varied by their education levels. Those with a college degree were less likely than those without to believe in false claims about COVID-19. While a total of one in five adults believed the false claim "More people have died from the COVID-19 vaccines than have died from the COVID-19 virus" was probably or definitely true, less than one in ten believed so among those with a college degree. In comparison, nearly one in three adults who never attended college believed the claim to be true. This statistic depicts the share of adults who thought select false claims about COVID-19 were definitely or probably true in the United States as of 2023, by education.