Vaccines and the social amplification of risk

In this journal article, we draw findings and insights from the VCP’s decade-long monitoring of media and social media and its related research efforts. The trends in vaccine confidence and resistance have implications for updating the social amplification of risk framework (SARF).

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March 2022

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