Fake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa

Historically, vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been a thorn in the side of public health efforts to contain and eradicate infectious diseases. This phenomenon is magnified in light of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surveys conducted across South Africa since the outbreak of COVI...

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Autores principales:	Avania Bangalee, Varsha Bangalee
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Publicado:	AOSIS 2021
Materias:	vaccine hesitancy vaccines public health covid-19 vaccine acceptance immunisation south africa Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4ecb08a956164ec8aee26238deef6f7d2021-11-24T07:44:19ZFake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa2078-61902078-620410.4102/safp.v63i1.5345https://doaj.org/article/4ecb08a956164ec8aee26238deef6f7d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5345https://doaj.org/toc/2078-6190https://doaj.org/toc/2078-6204Historically, vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been a thorn in the side of public health efforts to contain and eradicate infectious diseases. This phenomenon is magnified in light of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surveys conducted across South Africa since the outbreak of COVID-19 demonstrate the complexity of factors that contribute towards VH in this population. Amidst the negative press that the COVID-19 vaccine has received, especially across social media, understanding and combatting VH remains important to achieve herd immunity. This article aims to shed light on key factors fuelling COVID-19 VH in South Africa and provides a framework from which to address this problem.Avania BangaleeVarsha BangaleeAOSISarticlevaccine hesitancyvaccinespublic healthcovid-19vaccine acceptanceimmunisationsouth africaMedicineRENSouth African Family Practice, Vol 63, Iss 1, Pp e1-e3 (2021)
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description	Historically, vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been a thorn in the side of public health efforts to contain and eradicate infectious diseases. This phenomenon is magnified in light of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surveys conducted across South Africa since the outbreak of COVID-19 demonstrate the complexity of factors that contribute towards VH in this population. Amidst the negative press that the COVID-19 vaccine has received, especially across social media, understanding and combatting VH remains important to achieve herd immunity. This article aims to shed light on key factors fuelling COVID-19 VH in South Africa and provides a framework from which to address this problem.
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title_short	Fake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa
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Fake news and fallacies: Exploring vaccine hesitancy in South Africa

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