Professor Joanne Miller can discuss conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19 and the danger they pose to public health. The associate professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware said those most likely to believe these conspiracies are trying to regain a lack of control and are likely being swayed by politics.
The real danger is "the potential for people to resist, as we go forward, either taking antibody tests or resist getting the vaccine when one is created and rolled out," she said.
Miller is available for interviews.
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Caption: The potential danger of conspiracy theories regarding COVID-19 is that they could delay or even derail efforts to contain the virus, said Joanne Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware.
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Caption: "I would predict that anyone who is feeling a heightened sense of lack of control or uncertainty in the face of this global pandemic would be more likely to potentially go to conspiracy theories as a way to sort of regain some of that control," University of Delaware Professor Joanne Miller said.
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