Part-III: Vaccine conspiracies and myths
There were six questions about the vaccine myths and conspiracies
included. In general, the majority of the responses showed COVID-19
vaccine is not a conspiracy, to make infertile Muslims/ any Haram
ingredients (forbidden in Islam) or anti-Islamic agenda (Fig. 2.), these
responses were further statistically analyzed using χ2 with the
education level of participants. Surprisingly, the results found the
significant relationship of conspiracies and myths with the education
level of participants, to make Muslims infertile illiterate showed (Yes
n=45, No=27) while postgraduate (Yes n=11, No=88) (χ2 = 109.6,
P> 0.000). In other question COVID-19 vaccine is prepared
only for making money similar type difference was obtained illiterate
showed (Yes n= 67, No= 5) while postgraduate (Yes n= 34, No= 65) (χ2 =
140.8, P> 0.000). Similarly, for other myths and
conspiracies like a vaccine contains Haram ingredients (forbidden in
Islam) or anti-Islamic agenda highly significant difference was showed
between illiterate and educated respondents (P> 0.000,
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Part-IV: Vaccine safety and potency
In this section, the 12 questions related to vaccine safety and potency
were included. In the first question, as shown in Fig. 3 participants
showed doubt about the safety of the vaccine, because participants think
that vaccine prepared quickly which’s why the vaccine is not safe for
use (Yes n= 464, 59.9%, No= 310, 40.1%). Other responses related with
side effects of vaccine were also in negative, participants showed that
vaccine side effects (Yes n= 462, 59.7%, No= 312, 40.3%), Pregnant or
breastfeeding women should not get vaccinated (Yes n= 468, 59.8%, No=
311, 40.1%) and people with underlying conditions should not get
vaccinated (True n= 389, 50.3%, False= 385, 49.7%). On the other hand,
participants showed significant trust in the potency of the vaccine,
despite the less than 100% efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine, would you
still prefer to be vaccinated (Yes n= 407, 52.6%, No= 367, 47.4%)
similar trust in potency of the vaccine was recorded in all related
questions as shown in table 2 & fig. 2 &3. Moreover, we found strong
significant (P> 0.000) relationships between vaccine myths,
misinformation, and conspiracies with the education levels.