According to an unprecedented study, 70% of respondents said they believed at least one fake vaccine news. What is the scope of a lie? How fast does it spread? What effects can it have? Whoever went researching this was worried. It is no exaggeration to say that there is an epidemic of misinformation in Brazil about vaccines. And this epidemic is affecting Brazilian vaccination rates.
Avaaz, a social mobilization NGO, and the Brazilian Society of Immunizations commissioned a survey from Ibope that included the following figures: out of ten people interviewed, seven said they believed at least one fake vaccine news. According to the study, 57% of non-vaccinates cited a misinformation-related reason, and 48% of respondents said they have social networks and apps as one of the main sources of vaccine information. Watch the story in the program “Fantástico” and see how this disinformation epidemic is affecting the health of Brazilians.
Source: g1.globo.com