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Media and commentary

The Risks of Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy within the COVID-19 Crisis

Combating misinformation about COVID-19 and strengthening the U.S.

Media and commentary

Co-Chairs’ Statement: Vaccine Confidence, Social Media Misinformation, and National Security within the COVID-19 Crisis

CSIS and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Vaccine Confidence Project™ have launched a…

Publications

The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak

Within weeks of the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China, misleading rumours and conspiracy theories about the origin circulated the globe paired with fearmongering, racism and mass purchase of face masks, all closely linked to the new ‘infomedia’ ecosystems of the 21st century marked by social media.

Video and events

What’s the cure for misinformation on vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission joined forces to tackle the issue at the first global vaccination summit.

Video and events

Trust in vaccines: “Vaccines are the most tested type of medicine available”

Emilie Karafillakis, research fellow for the Vaccine Confidence Project, speaks to France 24 about the rising anti-vaccination sentiment…

Video and events

Vaccines, “fake news” and the EU elections: will public health be the loser?

VCP Research Fellow Emilie Karafillakis comments on the anti-vaccination movement, the role of social media and the…

Publications

Reverse global vaccine dissent

This year, the World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top 10 global health threats, alongside threats as grave as climate change, antimicrobial…