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Vaccine confidence volatile, vulnerable to misinformation, global study finds – Sight Magazine
Political polarisation and online misinformation are threatening vaccination programs worldwide, with public trust volatile and varying widely between countries, according to a global vaccine confidence study.
11 September 2020
KATE KELLAND
London, UKReuters
Political polarisation and online misinformation are threatening vaccination programs worldwide, with public trust volatile and varying widely between countries, according to a global vaccine confidence study.
The study, which maps trends in vaccine confidence across 149 countries between 2015 and 2019, found that scepticism about the safety of vaccines tended to grow alongside political instability and religious extremism.
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