F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE is an associate professor of medicine, and director of Yale’s Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator. He writes on Huffington Post, on NPR, and on Medscape where we found him on October 11, 2022 while browsing. This time he wondered why do we lie about having COVID, because this one of the reasons for pandemic spread.
Why Do We Lie About Having COVID?
A new study appearing in JAMA Network Open reveals that misrepresentation, and nonadherence regarding COVID-19 public health measures are drivers. This is the conclusion of researchers who found a startling nearly half of people with COVID deny it. The commonest reasons turned out to be wanting life to feel normal, and wanting to exercise personal freedom.
Well at least among the relatively small sample of participants, who voted as follows:
- Some 80% (1733) of those invited to participate, agreed to do so.
- Of these, about a third of the respondents had already had COVID.
- While another third had vaccinations, and had avoided the virus.
- The remaining third were not vaccinated, but had never had the disease.
F. Perry Wilson believes the 41% who admitted lying about COVID, or not following guidelines is a conservative number. Stay with us while we uncover more answers to the question why do we lie about having COVID.
More Concerning Results From the Study
- Some 20% of respondents who had COVID did not mention it to others they met.
- An overlapping 20% did not disclose their positive status to a healthcare provider.
- Some 10% of unvaccinated people reported lying about their vaccination status
- While 15% who WERE vaccinated lied, and told people they were not vaccinated.
However, there was one demographic that correlated with honesty, and that was age. Older people, it seems were less concerned with conspiracy theories. Could this be because of the wisdom of years, or because they were more vulnerable to severe outcomes?
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