Nearly half of Americans believe in at least one medical conspiracy theory, survey finds

Nearly half (49%) of people in the United States hold with at least one medical conspiracy theory, and 18% believe in three or more, a new study has found.1

In the study, researchers conducted an internet survey of 1351 US adults, asking whether they had heard of six popular medical conspiracy theories and the level of their agreement with each of the theories. Results were weighted to provide a representative sample of the population and to have the …