[COVID-19, fake news and vaccination: The need to immunize society from vaccine hesitancy]

Cuad Bioet. 2021 Jan-Apr;32(104):63-73. doi: 10.30444/CB.88.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

One of the keys to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic is the development of the vaccine in order to immunize the population. In addition to the medical complications to obtain the vaccine, we highlight the presence of other problems, such as the dissemination of fake news that add difficulties to overcoming the global problem, especially due to its incidence in the field of anti-vaccine movements, which have developed, with special presence in Italy in recent years. For this, we warn of the need to be prepared to overcome the two pandemics that are developing in parallel, the one caused by the virus and the one generated by the fake news.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Vaccination Movement*
  • Attitude to Health*
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control*
  • COVID-19 Vaccines*
  • Deception*
  • Humans
  • Immunization*
  • Mass Media*
  • Public Opinion*

Substances

  • COVID-19 Vaccines