Misinformation driving vaccine hesitancy, medical professionals say
Article by July 25, 2021
Misinformation and misconstrued facts have played a major role in vaccine hesitancy in Barbados, even as the island grapples with a resurgence in COVID-19 numbers over the past few weeks.
Several medical professionals expressed this view during Sunday’s edition of
Down to Brass Tacks on
Voice of Barbados.
First Vice President of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP), Dr Adanna Grandison, said she was concerned with the abundance of medical misinformation in the public domain, saying many vocal critics of COVID-19 vaccines have been using unsupported medical reports to cement their stance against the vaccines.