Cited by 250Misinformation and Its ImpactsVaccine Coverage and HesitancySocial Media in Health Education

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Vaccine misinformation and social media

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Burki, Talha·2019·The Lancet Digital Health

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On Aug 19, 2019, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined plans for a summit of social media firms to discuss how to promote accurate information about vaccination. The announcement accompanied the news that WHO no longer considers the UK to have eliminated measles. Coverage of the second dose of the measles–mumps– rubella (MMR) vaccine in the country has fallen to 87%, lower than the 95% required for herd immunity. “I am afraid people have just been listening to that superstitious mumbo-jumbo on the Internet, all that antivax stuff, and thinking that the MMR vaccine is a bad idea”, commented Johnson on a visit to a hospital in southwest England.

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Authors: Burki, T.
Corresponding author: Burki, Talha
Venue: The Lancet Digital Health
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2019-10
Volume: 1
Issue: 6
Pages: e258-e259
ISSN: 2589-7500 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s2589-7500(19)30136-0
OpenAlex: W2977219551
Cited by: 243
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 1
FWCI: 71.50
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: The Lancet Digital Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
Keywords: vaccine misinformation, social media, anti-vaccine movement, MMR vaccine, herd immunity, vaccination coverage, measles elimination, misinformation countermeasures, online health information

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