The Arguments of the COVID-19 Vaccines Opponents on Facebook in Poland: Textual Analysis Study

ConclusionsOur codebook of anti-vaccine topics can help public health professionals better understand social media content. Real-time monitoring of social media is important because the popularity of certain arguments on Facebook changes rapidly over time but early recognition of social doubts allows for targeted interventions.Key messagesOnline anti-vaccine comments on the COVID-19 vaccines can be divided into 12 topic categories.The frequency of Facebook comments against COVID-19 vaccines from a given topic category varies over time.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research