Misinformation going viral on vaccines and viral illnesses is ascendant and alarming, as neatly explored here in Nature.
The author, Professor Heidi Larson from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, argues that the next major outbreak will not be due to the lack of preventive technologies, but rather to vaccine preventable illnesses rendered moot by misinformation and erosion of public trust.
I have recently blogged about how false news spreads more efficiently than the truth, accessible here.
Bottom line, the viral spread of medical misinformation, particularly about vaccines, should now be recognized as a global public health threat.
Bottom line, the viral spread of medical misinformation, particularly about vaccines, should now be recognized as a global public health threat.
