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Joe Cool

(741 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 01:30 PM Dec 2022

COVID anti-vaxxers more prone to depression, study shows


https://studyfinds.org/anti-vaxxers-depression/

BOSTON, Mass. — Anti-vaxxers who believe more misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine are more likely to suffer from depression, a new study reveals. A team from Massachusetts General Hospital examining over 15,000 people found that people who endorse misleading vaccine-related theories are more prone to mental health problems.
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COVID anti-vaxxers more prone to depression, study shows (Original Post) Joe Cool Dec 2022 OP
Or is it that people with mental health problems are more prone to be anti-vaxxers? Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #1
Yes that is what the study results indicate. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #2

Irish_Dem

(47,124 posts)
2. Yes that is what the study results indicate.
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:02 PM
Dec 2022

People with mood disorders, those who are angry, depressed, anxious are more likely
to upload misinformation.

Or could be a third variable, distrust of the world.

Correlational studies do not prove causation, so further study is needed.

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