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"One of the severe challenges with anti-vaccine views is that they might be shared by individuals with high centrality in the social network, as they are more exposed to them....Central nodes play a highly relevant role in the diffusion of anti-vaccination views and the pandemic evolution."
Views in favour or against a vaccine are transmitted - frequently as an intentional act - from one person to another. Typically adjusted to fit distinct narratives, misinformation moves rapidly through social networks. With regard to the vaccine for COVID-19, different anti-vaccine narratives are being created and can have critical consequences when adopted by large population groups. This paper considers a network-based population model and five vaccination strategies varying the proportion of the population that has received the vaccine. Considering that individuals who share anti-vaccination views will refuse a vaccine, the research quantifies the burden anti-vaccination narratives have on optimal vaccination strategies.