Salon
“…the fact that 22 percent of Americans at least sometimes identify as anti-vaxxers was much higher than expected and demonstrates the scope of the challenge in vaccinating the population against COVID-19”
In a new paper published for the journal Politics, Groups, and Identities, researchers found that 22 percent of Americans actively identify themselves as anti-vaccination, with 14 percent saying they are “sometimes” part of the movement and 8 percent saying this is “always” the case.
These self-described anti-vaxxers “embrace” the label of anti-vaxxer “as a form of social identity,” the authors write.
“We also find that people who score highly on our [anti-vaxx social identification] measure tend to be less trusting of scientific experts and more individualistic,” they noted.
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