Panel fragility in cumulative response

Survey panels often report high survey‑level response rates while their cumulative recruitment‑to‑publication participation can be vanishingly small; this report lists a survey‑level response of 87% but a cumulative recruitment/attrition rate of 3%, signaling substantial attrition and selection over time. That gap matters for how representative panel findings are, especially on contested topics like health information and misinformation. — If panels lose most of their original recruits, headline survey claims can mislead policymakers and the public about the scale and distribution of beliefs and behaviors.