Md. Saiful Islam|Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal|Alamgir Kabir|Dorothy L. Southern|Sazzad Hossain Khan|S. M. Murshid Hasan|Tonmoy Sarkar|Shayla Sharmin|Shiuli Das|Tuhin Roy|Md. Golam Dostogir Harun|Abrar Ahmad Chughtai|Nusrat Homaira|Holly Seale
COVID-19 vaccine rumors and conspiracy theories: The need for cognitive inoculation against misinformation to improve vaccine adherence
UNSW Sydney|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Khulna University of Engineering and Technology|University of Saskatchewan|UNSW Sydney|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Mahidol University|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Khulna University|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney|UNSW Sydney
rumors conspiracy theories contribute vaccine hesitancy monitoring online data related covid19 vaccine candidates track vaccine misinformation realtime assist negating impact study aimed examine covid19 vaccine rumors conspiracy theories circulating online platforms understand context review interventions manage misinformation increase vaccine acceptancein june 2020 multidisciplinary team formed review collect online rumors conspiracy theories 31 december 201930 november 2020 sources included google google fact check facebook youtube twitter factchecking agency websites television newspaper websites quantitative data extracted entered excel spreadsheet analyzed descriptively using statistical package r version 403 conducted content analysis qualitative information news articles online reports blogs compared findings quantitative data based factchecking agency ratings information categorized true false misleading exaggeratedwe identified 637 covid19 vaccinerelated items 91 rumors 9 conspiracy theories 52 countries 578 rumors 36 related vaccine development availability access 20 related morbidity mortality 8 safety efficacy acceptance rest categories 637 items 5 30 true 83 528637 false 10 66637 misleading 2 13637 exaggeratedrumors conspiracy theories may lead mistrust contributing vaccine hesitancy tracking covid19 vaccine misinformation realtime engaging social media disseminate correct information could help safeguard public misinformation