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    New Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are available to prevent the ongoing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. We compared the efficacy of new COVID-19 vaccines to prevent symptomatic and severe disease in the adult population and to prevent symptomatic COVID-19 among the elderly. Leading medical databases were searched until August 30, 2021….

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    • Vaccines against covid-19 greatly improve survival and reduce (though they do not eliminate) the risk of long-term complications like long covid and the risk of transmitting the disease to others. [there is much evidence here – example paper linked] https://t.co/SMT4LZPD9h 2/

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    Background and aims Although vaccines are considered the most effective and fundamental therapeutic tools for consistently preventing the COVID-19 disease, worldwide vaccine hesitancy has become a widespread public health issue for successful immunization. The aim of this review was to identify an up-to-date and concise assessment of potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and…

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    • A 2022 systematic review of the underlying causes of vaccine hesitancy around the world identified inter-related influences including “safety [concerns]”, “conspiracy beliefs”, “trust”, “fear and anxiety” and “social influence”. https://t.co/0Kj3mXqFO5 5/

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    The coronavirus pandemic and the storming of the Capitol have created a perfect storm of conspiracism, especially visible on social media. Many commentators have returned to Richard Hofstadter’s analysis of the “paranoid style in American politics” to make sense of the surge of conspiracy-minded populism and the spread of disinformation. Conspiracism is usually framed as beyond the pale of…

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    • Anti-vax conspiracy theories in USA are strongly linked to the anti-intellectualist, anti-authoritarian far-right, and aligned with right-wing news channels and organised political protest (including the January 6th insurrection). https://t.co/dq1tg2xMJc 9/