Coronavirus can be transmitted in areas with hot weather |
True (correct) | 60% | 53% | 42% | 48% | 46% | 54% |
False | 17% | 17% | 30% | 24% | 29% | 32% |
Don't know | 22% | 30% | 28% | 28% | 26% | 15% |
Eating garlic can help prevent infection with coronavirus |
True | 2% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 7% |
False (correct) | 87% | 66% | 79% | 79% | 66% | 72% |
Don't know | 11% | 26% | 15% | 17% | 27% | 21% |
Older people are more susceptible to becoming seriously ill from coronavirus |
True (correct) | 92% | 90% | 90% | 94% | 86% | 95% |
False | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% |
Don't know | 3% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 2% |
Antibiotics are effective in treating coronavirus |
True | 3% | 14% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 10% |
False (correct) | 79% | 55% | 68% | 61% | 36% | 64% |
Don't know | 18% | 31% | 25% | 27% | 48% | 25% |
Coronavirus was made in a laboratory |
True | 14% | 23% | 15% | 29% | 21% | 28% |
False (correct) | 58% | 45% | 55% | 33% | 39% | 31% |
Don't know | 28% | 32% | 29% | 38% | 40% | 41% |
Total |
3 or more correct | 86% | 65% | 76% | 72% | 58% | 73% |
Mean correct answers | 3.77 | 3.08 | 3.34 | 3.16 | 2.72 | 3.16 |
SD | 1.19 | 1.41 | 1.34 | 1.19 | 1.27 | 1.15 |