Patsy Stinchfield, APRN, CNP, senior director of infection prevention and control and liaison representative to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, spoke with CNN about the anti-vaccine movement’s social media presence. In response to recent measles cases around the United States, she argued that medical professionals haven’t done enough to counteract the misinformation spread by anti-vax groups on social media. Read the full article: Anti-vaxers are winning the war on social media. What’s the CDC going to do about it?
Patsy Stinchfield on the spread of vaccine misinformation
- By Alexandra Erritt
- Tags: Infectious Diseases, News, Vaccine
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