I found that surprising as well. The chart in the article labels that 9% as "Definitely / probably true", so not all of those 9% definitely believe it. Lookin

I found that surprising as well. The chart in the article labels that 9% as "Definitely / probably true", so not all of those 9% definitely believe it. Looking at the detailed data[1] gives more info: > 46E. Belief in Conspiracy Theories — The U.S. government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population > In your opinion, how likely is it that the following scenarios are true? > Definitely true 5% > Probably true 15% > Probably false 19% > Definitely false 46% > Not sure 14% So, of the 9% (who got it despite microchipping) how many are "definitely" and how many are "probably"? Among all respondents, "probably true" is 3X as common as "definitely true". If those percentages are the same among vaccine refuser respondents, then 2.25% of vaccine refusers believe the microchip thing is definitely true and 6.75% only believe it's probably true. The "probably true" refusers are not that hard for me to understand. Maybe you feel like it could have a microchip but you don't really know and some other force (fear of the virus, job requirement, pressure from family/friends) pushes you to get it anyway. The "definitely true" refusers are much harder to explain, but like others I think it could be that some people are not giving honest answers. I suppose some of them might have gotten the vaccination before they came to believe in the microchip theory. --- [1] See p. 132 at https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/w2zmwpzsq0/econTabReport.pdf https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/w2zmwpzsq0/econTabReport.pdf