‘Hard to budge’: Virginia researchers are studying COVID-19 vaccine myths By Katherine Hafner, The Virginian-Pilot
Published: April 11, 2021, 6:00am
Share: A vaccine is administered at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center s Lifestyle Center in January. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot/TNS)
NORFOLK, Va. – Many of us spent more time online in the past year after public health officials encouraged us to distance ourselves from each other and stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the safer way to live. But the online world has its dangers related to the virus, too.
The internet has been a breeding ground for misinformation about the pandemic, so much so that the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 the first “infodemic.”
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A vaccine is administered at Chesapeake Regional Medical Centerâs Lifestyle Center in January. Photo by Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot
NORFOLK, Va. â Many of us spent more time online in the past year after public health officials encouraged us to distance ourselves from each other and stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the safer way to live. But the online world has its dangers related to the virus, too.
The internet has been a breeding ground for misinformation about the pandemic, so much so that the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 the first âinfodemic.â
Va. researchers studying COVID-19 vaccine myths and finding the misconceptions ‘hard to budge’
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
NORFOLK, Va. Many of us spent more time online in the past year after public health officials encouraged us to distance ourselves from each other and stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the safer way to live. But the online world has its dangers related to the virus, too.
The internet has been a breeding ground for misinformation about the pandemic, so much so that the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 the first “infodemic.”
At Virginia Tech, researchers have been studying the phenomenon. With a $25,000 grant from the university’s Fralin Life Sciences Institute, research assistant professor Michelle Rockwell formed an interdisciplinary team focused on learning more about how misinformation on social media influences people’s plans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
A group of researchers at Virginia Tech is studying social media misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. Turns out, listening to your own doctor is one of the best ways to counteract it.
KATHERINE HAFNER
The Virginian-Pilot
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration is exploring options to share more coronavirus vaccine with other countries in the months ahead, and he announced the hiring of a coordinator for global COVID response and health security.
Many of us spent more time online in the past year after public health officials encouraged us to distance ourselves from each other and stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the safer way to live. But the online world has its dangers related to the virus, too.
The internet has been a breeding ground for misinformation about the pandemic, so much so that the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 the first âinfodemic.â