New Poll Connects Social Media and Chatbots With Spread of Vaccine Misinformation
Vaccines have become an increasingly contentious public health topic, with some parents choosing not to vaccinate their children against certain diseases due to widespread misinformation. Among the most prevalent myths are that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism in children and that COVID-19 vaccines have resulted in more deaths than the virus itself.
Many of these false claims are being spread online by anti-vaccine influencers.
The latest tracking poll on health information and trust, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent source of health policy research, examined such claims.
The poll, published on Tuesday, looked at four widespread anti-vaccine myths: MMR vaccines cause autism in children; MMR vaccines are more dangerous than being infected by the measles; more people died from the COVID-19 vaccines than the virus itself; and mRNA vaccines can change your DNA.
A representative for the Kaiser Family Foundation did not immediately respond...
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