Covid and conspiracies: Disinformation that kills
As the Covid vaccine is offering new hope around the world to end the pandemic, the biggest growing threat for people’s health is the surge in disinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news.
As the Covid vaccine is offering new hope around the world to end the pandemic, the biggest growing threat for people’s health is the surge in disinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news.
Anti-vaxxers and vaccine hesitant voices have become even louder. As many countries in Europe resume the rollout of the AstraZenaca vaccine after having paused it for some days, the damage in people’s confidence in the jab will be hard to heal.
Having spent time hearing from people who don’t trust the vaccine for various reasons and others who deny Covid’s existence altogether – Ayshah Tull and Paraic O’Brien chat about the potentially devastating impacts on these views.
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