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, Table…)
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.