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Viral misinformation

This page shows the latest Viral misinformation news and features for those working in and with pharma, biotech and healthcare.

20/20 vision

20/20 vision

Yet still people are seeing, hearing and believing ‘viral misinformation’ and, as a consequence, not getting their children vaccinated.

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  • UK no longer measles-free as vaccination rates fall dramatically UK no longer measles-free as vaccination rates fall dramatically

    Experts have blamed the decrease in vaccination rates on ‘viral misinformation’, which has been exacerbated by the internet and social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. ... vaccine misinformation is addressed as effectively as possible”.

  • Growing vaccines scepticism poses global health risk Growing vaccines scepticism poses global health risk

    The rising levels of mistrust have a number of factors behind them, but ‘ viral misinformation’ enabled by the internet and social media is seen as the chief culprit. ... of the preventable deaths caused by their misinformation.

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  • Fake News is Bad for your Health

    A recent article in  Nature classed this as 'viral misinformation'. 1. ... Viral misinformation. Nature, 16 October 2018. http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07034-4?

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