Just 111 FB users spreading half of major coronavirus vaccine doubts
A Facebook internal study has found that
a small group of users is actually sowing major doubts about the Covid-19 vaccines, discouraging people
from taking the vital jab.
The
findings showed that just 10 out of the 638 population segments contained 50
per cent of all vaccine hesitancy content on the platform.
In the
population segment with the most vaccine hesitancy, just 111 users contributed
half of all vaccine hesitant content, according to a report in The Washington
Post.
The
Facebook study has also found a QAnon connection behind the campaign to malign
the use of coronavirus vaccines and spreading "vaccine hesitancy".
QAnon is
a far-right conspiracy theory group in the US.
The
research is a large-scale attempt to understand the spread of ideas that
contribute to vaccine hesitancy, "or the act of delaying or refusing a
vaccination despite its availability, on social media -- a primary source of
health information for millions of people," the report said on Sunday. Read More
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