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The belief that vaccines are dangerous and related anti-vax views
Expert commentary from Karen Douglas, professor of social psychology at the University of Kent, UK, whose research focuses on beliefs in conspiracy theories. Why are conspiracy theories so popular? Who believes them? Why do people believe them? What are some of the consequences of conspiracy …
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A coronavirus vaccine may be a long way away, but there is already a threat on the horizon: anti-vaxxers. Once a fringe presence in America, vaccine opponents have become better organized in recent years, a development that has contributed to the worst US measles outbreak in a generation in 2019. …
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NEWS FEATURE 27 May 2020 Analysts are tracking false rumours about COVID-19 in hopes of curbing their spread. Philip Ball & Search for this author in: Amy Maxmen Search for this author in: Protesters rallying in Arizona against lockdowns held up signs carrying anti-vaccine messages and promoting …
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12 August 2020ShareSaveAlistair ColemanBBC MonitoringShareSaveReutersAt least 800 people may have died around the world because of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, researchers say.Many died from drinking methanol or alcohol-based cleaning products.They …
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27 May 2020ShareSaveMarianna SpringSpecialist disinformation and social media reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesA BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation has found links to assaults, arsons and deaths. And experts say the potential for indirect harm caused by rumours, conspiracy theories and bad …
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The BBC has been criticised after one of its presenters allowed a former snooker champion to promote conspiracy theorists who claim that the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York was a hoax and that vaccines are dangerous. The corporation was accused of the “spread of dangerous health misinformation at …
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The question was posed bluntly to the nearly 100,000 members of a Facebook group devoted to ending Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home orders, with a user writing, “if there was a vaccine for coronavirus would you be likely to take it.” “Absolutely not.” The resoundingly negative answers streamed forth, …
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On February 2, more than a month before the World Health Organization deemed the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, it declared that the virus had led to a “massive infodemic.” WHO observed “an overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy …
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Covid-19 truthers believe that 5G technology is dialing up the disease. More than a century ago, telegraph poles and other mysterious causes were blamed for influenza. And each gave rise to dubious cures. As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe in early 2020, a conspiracy theory about the disease …
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Source: CDC/Public Domain Back in February, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned about an anticipated “infodemic” of COVID-19 misinformation. Unsurprisingly, the “infodemic” has become a reality just three months later, with mundane misinformation and more outlandish conspiracy theories about …
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