FOCUS: Internet hoaxes fan COVID vaccine hesitancy among Japanese youths
False claims and misinformation about vaccines on social media are undermining young people s trust in COVID-19 vaccines in Japan, imperiling the government s efforts to finish large-scale inoculations by November as it pursues herd immunity.
Myths such as vaccination causes infertility and coronavirus vaccines using messenger RNA change your DNA have been widely spread, and anti-vaccination posts are rampant on Facebook and Twitter. There is absolutely no scientific evidence that the coronavirus vaccines will cause infertility, Taro Kono, the minister in charge of Japan s inoculation effort, said on his blog last month.
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