Pre-pandemic Cognitive Function and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Cohort Study.
George David BattyIan J DearyChloe Fawns-RitchieCatharine R GaleDrew M AltschulPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2021)
Erroneous social media reports might have complicated personal decision-making, leading to people with lower cognitive ability test scores being vaccine-hesitant. With people with lower cognition also experiencing higher rates of COVID-19 in studies conducted prior to vaccine distribution, these new findings are suggestive of a potential additional disease burden.