A correlation that should surprise nobody

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In a completely unshocking development, a recent EKOS survey of Canadians found that there's a strong correlation between how much misinformation someone accepts about COVID and how opposed they are to vaccine passports:

Notes on how their "disinformation index" was calculated:

Description of disinformation index:

For this research, we tested seven separate indicators of disinformation and we have constructed a disinformation index, a 21-point scale that measures how strongly respondents believe these seven pieces of disinformation:

• COVID-19 was manufactured in a lab;
• The reported number of COVID-19 deaths is being exaggerated;
• Vaccine-related deaths are being concealed from the public;
• Ivermectin is a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19;
• COVID-19 vaccines can cause infertility;
• COVID-19 vaccines can alter a patient’s DNA; and
• Whether someone is vaccinated should make no difference to someone who is fully vaccinated.

The index is constructed as follows:

• A respondent receives three points for every statement they rate as completely true or strongly agree.
• A respondent receives two points for every statement they rate as mostly true or somewhat agree.
• A respondent receives one point for every statement they skip (in other words, for every statement they are unable to correctly categorize as false).

Note that a respondent does not receive a point for skipping the statement regarding the effectiveness of ivermectin, as many respondents may simply not recognize the name.

Source and more details: The Essential Pandemic Reduced to One Chart