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Should spreading anti-vaccine misinformation be criminalised?
- Source :
- British Medical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The spread of false health information casts a shadow over required vaccine coverage. Melinda Mills says that we must, reluctantly, consider criminalising people who deliberately spread false information—but Jonas Sivela argues that the definitions are too murky and that criminalisation may do more harm than good
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Deception
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Consumer Health Information
Human Rights
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Communication
General Medicine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Criminology
Anti-Vaccination Movement
Europe
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Harm
Political science
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Misinformation
Health information
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Shadow (psychology)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17561833
- Volume :
- 372
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....77c3780a0cf5777ee4e78b35179a9906