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Mapping global public perspectives on mRNA vaccines and therapeutics

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Mapping global public perspectives on mRNA vaccines and therapeutics

We conducted a social listening analysis to assess attitudes towards mRNA vaccines and therapeutics on Twitter from June 2022 to May 2023. Our findings reveal widespread negative sentiment and a global lack of confidence in mRNA vaccines and therapeutics, with frequent discussions of severe vaccine side effects, rumors, and misinformation.

Data Visualisations
Mapping global public perspectives on Health AI

We conducted a social listening analysis to assess attitudes towards Health AI.

Media and commentary
Building public confidence in innovative mRNA vaccines

This series of studies highlights the importance of adopting constructive approaches to restoring public health confidence in vaccination, particularly mRNA vaccines.

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Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Confidence and Public Engagement: A Global Social Listening Study

This study aims to assess global hesitancy, confidence, and public engagement toward COVID-19 vaccination.

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Vaccines and therapeutics for immunocompromised patients with COVID-19

Data to guide vaccination and treatment approaches in immunocompromised people are generally lacking and extrapolated from other populations. This review provides a synthesis of expert viewpoints on the issues related to immunocompromised patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era.

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Mapping global trends in vaccine confidence 2015-2019

In this large-scale retrospective data-driven analysis, we examined global trends in vaccine confidence using data from 290 surveys.

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Date

2025

Topics:
  • Social Media Listening
  • Social Media
  • Vaccine Hesitancy
  • Misinformation
  • Rumour Management
  • mRNA

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Media and commentary
Expert comment: Developing a systems approach to health misinformation

Professor Heidi Larson, VCP Founder and Director, discusses new Lancet Commission that will look to tackle wider issues and drivers around health misinformation and disinformation.

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Reports
Written Evidence to the House of Lords Childhood Vaccinations Committee

This submission, from a leading international team of misinformation and public health researchers, sets out the evidence linking misinformation to declining childhood vaccine confidence in the UK.

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Podcasts
Listening to Learn with Heidi J. Larson, PhD

How do we build trust in an era of misinformation, social media, and artificial intelligence? In this episode of Infectious IDeas, NFID CEO Rebecca Alvania, PhD, MA, MPH, and NFID Medical Director Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, talk with Heidi J. Larson, PhD, director of the Vaccine Confidence Project.

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