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Vaccine hesitancy has been a growing challenge for more than a decade. Concerns about vaccine safety and adverse events are the most commonly cited reasons. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 

How cognitive biases and adverse events influence vaccine decisions (maybe even your own)

Hossein Azarpanah, Concordia University; Louise Pilote, McGill University; Mohsen Farhadloo, Concordia University et Rustam Vahidov, Concordia University

To help increase trust in vaccines, researchers analyzed data on adverse events to address safety concerns, and then used cognitive science to show how cognitive biases feed vaccine hesitancy.
Studying trends in public adverse event reporting could help researchers address vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. Pict Rider/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Unverified reports of vaccine side effects in VAERS aren’t the smoking guns portrayed by right-wing media outlets – they can offer insight into vaccine hesitancy

Matt Motta, Oklahoma State University et Dominik Stecuła, Colorado State University

Anti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. But the database could also be used as a gauge for public concerns.

Thèmes connexes

  1. Adverse events
  2. Cognitive bias
  3. COVID-19
  4. COVID-19 vaccines
  5. Emergency Use Authorization
  6. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  7. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
  8. Science communication
  9. Vaccine hesitancy
  10. Vaccines

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