Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development of COVID-19 vaccines has been crucial in fighting the pandemic. However, misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines is spread on social media platforms at a rate that has made the World Health Organization coin the phrase infodemic. False claims about adverse vaccine side effects, such as vaccines being the cause of autism, were already considered a threat to global health before the outbreak of COVID-19.

Objective

We aimed to synthesize the existing research on misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines spread on social media platforms and its effects. The secondary aim was to gain insight and gather knowledge about whether misinformation about autism and COVID-19 vaccines is being spread on social media platforms.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Skafle I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359307 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature