BBCNEWS HARDtalk August 5, 2021 03:43:00
Stephen Sackur speaks to Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, a key player in the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, a key player in the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
Is active amplification of negative messaging and it's not just targeting our vaccine, but other vaccines as well. and i think this is a very sinister development. some of that is from the anti—vaccine lobby, but there's also some suggestions that there may be political actors involved in this as well. one eu agency cited russia in particular as a place which was clearly the source for some of the misinformation about the dangers, as they put it, of your oxford vaccine. yeah, as i say, i mean, i'm not an expert in cybersecurity, but i think misinformation has this impact of undermining confi...
Course of this year. there are clearly people using the internet and social media platforms to deliberately sow lies and disinformation, about vaccines in general and your vaccine in particular. do you think you and others have been effective enough in countering the lies, the fake news, the misinformation? well, i think you're absolutely right. there's no doubt that there is active amplification of negative messaging and it's notjust targeting our vaccine, but other vaccines as well. and i think this is a very sinister development. some of that is from the anti—vaccine lobby, but there's al...
And also because of hesitancy that resulted from comments that people have made in the media over the course of this year. there are clearly people using the internet and social media platforms to deliberately sow lies and disinformation, about vaccines in general and your vaccine in particular. do you think you and others have been effective enough in countering the lies, the fake news, the misinformation? well, i think you're absolutely right. there's no doubt that there is active amplification of negative messaging and it's not just targeting our vaccine, but other vaccines as well. and i t...
Well, i think you're absolutely right. there's no doubt that there is active amplification of negative messaging and it's not just targeting our vaccine, but other vaccines as well. and i think this is a very sinister development. some of that is from the anti—vaccine lobby, but there's also some suggestions that there may be political actors involved in this as well. one eu agency cited russia in particular as a place which was clearly the source for some of the misinformation about the dangers, as they put it, of your oxford vaccine. yeah, as i say, i mean, i'm not an expert in cybersecuri...