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Vaccine Hesitancy and Social Media's Role in Misinformation

2021

Vaccine hesitancy has been a longstanding issue, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. The growth of vaccine hesitancy in recent years is most commonly attributed to the anti-vaccine movement. Social media is often at the heart of this conversation as a tool used to spread vaccine opposed information and to connect vaccine-hesitant people with each other. This webinar aims to give an overview of understanding vaccine hesitancy, both around childhood vaccines and the COVID-19 vaccine, and how social media has facilitated this movement.

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Speakers: Kolati K; Instructors: Han S, Sheppard M. Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy and Social Media’s Role in Spreading Vaccine Misinformation. Network of the National Library of Medicine 2021; Mar 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWcONKFxk8