Characteristics of X (Formerly Twitter) Community Notes Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

JAMA. 2024 May 21;331(19):1670-1672. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.4800.

Authors

Matthew R Allen¹, Nimit Desai¹, Aiden Namazi², Eric Leas³, Mark Dredze⁴, Davey M Smith⁵, John W Ayers⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
² Qualcomm Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
³ Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
⁴ Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Altman Clinical Translational Research Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.

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Plain language summary

This study evaluated the topics, accuracy, and credibility of X (formerly Twitter) Community Notes addressing COVID-19 vaccination.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines* / adverse effects
COVID-19 Vaccines* / therapeutic use
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Communication
Health Communication*
Humans
Infodemic*
Social Media*

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines

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