A vaccine crisis in the era of social media

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（1）
• 页码范围: 8-10
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwx098

摘要

INTRODUCTION Vaccines are among the most important tools used to prevent and treat infectious disease.Saving an estimated 3 million lives annually,as well as billions of dollars in treatment costs,they represent both one of mankind's great humanitarian accomplishments and one of our best investments [1,2].Yet,in spite of their well-established track record,misinformation regarding vaccine safety and efficacy stubbornly persists.Decreased rates of immunization in many parts of the world attest to the fact that anti-vaccine campaigns and other sources of misinformation are distorting public perception of these life-saving measures [3].