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Seventy-five percent of unvaccinated parents said they distrust mainstream media and get most of their information from social media, according to a poll commissioned by progressive groups.

But only 42 percent of vaccinated respondents said they prefer to get their information on social media, based on the YouGov Blue poll conducted for the groups SumofUs and Parents Together.

The poll also found that nearly two thirds of American parents said they agree with the surgeon general that health misinformation is a problem on social media. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in July issued an advisory warning calling health misinformation an “urgent threat.”

However, whereas the poll found 73 percent of vaccinated parents said they think misinformation in social media is a significant problem, just 44 percent of those who were unvaccinated said they agree with the surgeon general’s statement.

The poll is based on a base survey of 1,224 interviews online with parents of children under 18 who are enrolled in school or daycare. The surveys were conducted in September, before children under 12 were approved to get coronavirus vaccines.