COVID-19
Health scares and disease outbreaks have been accompanied by misinformation narratives throughout history, and the outbreak of novel coronavirus in late 2019 is no exception. This research topic explores intersections between misinformation, science, fear, and public health.
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As new data shows 1 in 500 Americans has died from COVID-19 and the delta variant continues to surge across the country, the next challenge many health care leaders face is within their own staffs: the 27% of of U.S. health care workers who have not been vaccinated against the disease as of July, according […]
By Deepa Shivaram
“Misinformation” is creating a “real dilemma” for young people considering whether they should take the Covid-19 vaccine, Northern Ireland’s mental health champion has said. Prof Siobhán O’Neill said it had left young people questioning “whether the vaccine is safe”. There should not be that level of “uncertainty”, she added. She said trust needed to be […]
By BBC News
This article explores the ways in which offline conspiracist material concerned with Covid-19 is presented and structured through a content analysis of The Light, a newspaper produced and distributed by activists in the U.K. Our analysis shows that conspiracy theories related to Covid-19 are included alongside a range of other, non-conspiracist content and that readers […]
By Rod Dacombe
This programme invites UK and US-based researchers at any career stage, and active in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences, to submit proposals focused on UK-US vaccine engagement, including examples of community confidence and hesitancy. Aims COVID-19 is the most challenging health crisis we have faced for decades. Its impacts are changing lives, […]
By The British Academy (BA), the Social Science Research Council, and the Science & Innovation Network in the USA
With the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated individuals by persuading the holdouts. On Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced sweeping vaccine mandates, expressing frustration at the vaccine holdouts: “We’ve been patient, […]
By S. Shyam Sundar
As new data shows 1 in 500 Americans has died from COVID-19 and the delta variant continues to surge across the country, the next challenge many health care leaders face is within their own staffs: the 27% of of U.S. health care workers who have not been vaccinated against the disease as of July, according […]
By Deepa Shivaram“Misinformation” is creating a “real dilemma” for young people considering whether they should take the Covid-19 vaccine, Northern Ireland’s mental health champion has said. Prof Siobhán O’Neill said it had left young people questioning “whether the vaccine is safe”. There should not be that level of “uncertainty”, she added. She said trust needed to be […]
By BBC NewsThis article explores the ways in which offline conspiracist material concerned with Covid-19 is presented and structured through a content analysis of The Light, a newspaper produced and distributed by activists in the U.K. Our analysis shows that conspiracy theories related to Covid-19 are included alongside a range of other, non-conspiracist content and that readers […]
By Rod DacombeThis programme invites UK and US-based researchers at any career stage, and active in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences, to submit proposals focused on UK-US vaccine engagement, including examples of community confidence and hesitancy. Aims COVID-19 is the most challenging health crisis we have faced for decades. Its impacts are changing lives, […]
By The British Academy (BA), the Social Science Research Council, and the Science & Innovation Network in the USAWith the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated individuals by persuading the holdouts. On Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced sweeping vaccine mandates, expressing frustration at the vaccine holdouts: “We’ve been patient, […]
By S. Shyam Sundar