Misinformation related to vaccination

New Research Identifies Promising Strategies to Fight COVID Misinformation

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Monday, May 24, 2021
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PARIS, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new research paper, funded by the Reboot Foundation , outlines effective strategies for combating misinformation campaigns, particularly around the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • PARIS, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new research paper, funded by the Reboot Foundation , outlines effective strategies for combating misinformation campaigns, particularly around the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The strategies tested by researchers at the University of Cambridge and mdialab Sciences Po in Paris are based on the concept of "psychological herd immunity" and establish promising avenues for fighting misinformation.
  • "COVID has shown us how dangerous misinformation and conspiracy theories can be," said Helen Lee Bouygues, founder and president of the Reboot Foundation, which researches and promotes critical thinking.
  • "These approaches could be put into use quickly by governments, schools and media literacy organizations to help combat vaccine hesitancy around COVID."

Six in 10 Parents Plan to Vaccinate All of Their Children and Large Majority of Parents Would Feel Safer Sending Kids to School if Most Other Children Were Vaccinated

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Monday, May 17, 2021
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Vaccination intent in parents varies across racial and ethnic groups, with Asian American and Pacific Islander parents being the most likely to vaccinate their children (77%) and Black parents being the least likely (55%).

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  • Vaccination intent in parents varies across racial and ethnic groups, with Asian American and Pacific Islander parents being the most likely to vaccinate their children (77%) and Black parents being the least likely (55%).
  • And while at least 65% of parents of children ages six to 17 plan to vaccinate their children, only 56% of parents of children under the age of six will vaccinate their children.\nVaccination intent is especially prevalent in conversations about children returning to school.
  • Parents also fear the risk of the virus to their children.
  • 70% of parents are worried that their children could get COVID-19 and view protecting their children as an important reason to vaccinate their children (83%) and themselves (77%).

New Survey: Faith-Based Outreach Is a Critical Tool for Moving Many Vaccine Hesitant Americans Toward Acceptance

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Thursday, April 22, 2021
Medicine, Health, Vaccine hesitancy, Articles, Vaccination, Vaccine, Evangelicalism, Misinformation related to vaccination, Vaccination policy

In both settings, faith-based approaches have the potential to be very effective in improving vaccination rates among both groups.

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  • In both settings, faith-based approaches have the potential to be very effective in improving vaccination rates among both groups.
  • "\nAmong white evangelical Protestants who regularly attend religious services and are vaccine hesitant, nearly half (47%) say that a faith-based intervention would make them more receptive a higher proportion than among any other religious group.
  • Additionally, 66% of white evangelical Protestants who are vaccine hesitant say they would turn to a religious leader at least a little for information about vaccines.
  • "A significant part of the American population is telling us that one or more religious messages can move them from vaccine hesitancy, and even outright refusal, to acceptance.