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How should we address stories of death after vaccination?

New study analyzes how vaccine content shared on Facebook influences people’s decision to vaccinate

Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD's avatar
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
Jun 13, 2024
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Rumors about COVID vaccines were among the most viral topics during the pandemic, sowing doubt over and over again and contributing to an estimated 250,000-300,000 deaths in the US that could have been prevented by vaccination. 

Why did this happen? And what do we do about it?  

A very cool new study published in Science helps answer this question. What t…

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