Vacinas contra a COVID-19 e o combate à desinformação na cobertura da Folha de S. Paulo.

Since COVID-19 was confirmed as a pandemic of global proportions, in March 2020, the world has been watching with great anticipation the development of a vaccine that can put an end to a health crisis that has drastically altered people's daily lives. In the wake of the results of tests with immunizers manufactured by pharmaceutical companies in several countries, false and misleading news about the vaccine began to circulate more intensely, requiring the media to check and refute this content. In this article, we analyzed 41 texts published by Folha de S. Paulo in 2020 with a focus on tackling disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, based on frames, characteristics of the journalistic texts, presence of fact-checking agencies and their classifications, main sources, and the most addressed social media. The Bioethical and Legal frame was predominant, highlighting the dichotomy between true and false, right and wrong, scientific and non-scientific. The other frame identified was the Public Policy and Political Strategy, underlining the disputes of power of political actors and the ideological clashes surrounding the vaccine. The analysis reveals the importance of the dialogue between journalism and science in a public health emergency and a professional practice based on scientific evidence, the plurality of sources, and the importance of vaccination for public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]