Poll: People Without a Trusted Health Care Provider Are More Likely to Endorse Vaccine Myths, As Are Those Who Often Use Social Media or AI for Health Information - Summary - MDSpire
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Poll: People Without a Trusted Health Care Provider Are More Likely to Endorse Vaccine Myths, As Are Those Who Often Use Social Media or AI for Health Information
To assess the relationship between having a trusted health care provider and beliefs in vaccine myths, as well as the impact of social media and AI usage on these beliefs.
Approach:
Survey Methodology: Conducted by KFF, the survey included 2,480 U.S. adults and was carried out online and by telephone from May 7-31, 2026.
Key Findings:
Individuals without a trusted health care provider are more likely to believe vaccine myths.
39% of those without a trusted provider believe MMR vaccines cause autism, compared to 24% with a trusted provider.
37% of frequent social media users and 35% of AI users endorse the autism myth, compared to 16% and 20% of non-users, respectively.
Parents who delay or skip vaccines are more likely to believe false claims about vaccines compared to those who are up to date.
Interpretation:
Limitations:
The survey's margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for the full sample.
Results based on subgroups may have a higher margin of error.
