Heidi Larson is professor of anthropology, risk, and decision science and director of the Vaccine Confidence Project in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is also a clinical professor at the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.
Public anxiety around vaccines may manifest on social media platforms, but there is more to vaccine hesitancy than algorithms spreading misinformation. To address the issue, experts need to listen.