Lessons Learned From Monitoring Spanish-Language Vaccine Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is a global threat, and digital and social media support its spread. Addressing Spanish-language vaccine misinformation is critical. In 2021, we began a project to increase vaccine confidence and uptake in the United States by assessing and opposing Spanish-language COVID-19 vaccine misinformation circulating in the United States. Analysts identified trending Spanish-language vaccine misinformation each week, and trained journalists provided communications guidance for addressing the misinformation, which we delivered to community organizations via a weekly newsletter. We identified thematic and geographic trends and highlighted lessons learned to inform future efforts to monitor Spanish-language vaccine misinformation. We collected publicly available Spanis

SUBMITTER: Bonnevie E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature