Perceptions of science and scientists shape partisan views on common vaccines - News-Medical
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How Americans view science and scientists is strongly associated with whether they think vaccines are safe and effective - and helps explain partisan differences in perceptions of some vaccines, according to a new study led by a team from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.
Researchers found that Democrats viewed the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), flu, and Covid-19 vaccines as safer and more effective than Republicans did. But when the researchers accounted for respondents' broader perceptions of science and scientists, the partisan differences for the MMR and flu vaccines were no longer statistically significant.
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