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Joe Cool

(1,004 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2022, 12:30 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

Midnight Writer

(22,930 posts)

1. Or is it that people with mental health problems are more prone to be anti-vaxxers?

Reply to Joe Cool (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 01:05 PM

Dec 2022

Irish_Dem

(55,825 posts)

2. Yes that is what the study results indicate.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 04:02 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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