2023-05-05 00:55:21
The deputy director of Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), Patricia Oliveira Pereira Tagliari, said that the fight against false news is a challenge that will have to be faced by society so that, in other health outbreaks, there is no circulation of false information that alarm the population.
“We had to deal with a lot of fake news in this period that is still very consumed. Until today, we dedicate 20% of our time to trying to explain and assure people that vaccines [de Covid-19] they are not experimental. We need to have a legal structure that is prepared for a next pandemic to deal with the discredit [da vacina]”, said Patricia, during the 7th International Symposium on Immunobiologicals, promoted by the Bio-Manguinhos Institute/Fiocruz, in Rio de Janeiro.
For the expert, an effort is needed to ensure that the correct message is delivered to the population in the most transparent way possible. She also advocated for interdisciplinary education so that all healthcare professionals understand how safe drugs and vaccines are.
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Colorado State University professor Alonso Aguirre said that, surprisingly, many health professionals helped spread false information about the Covid-19 vaccine because it was developed in less than a year.
The director-president of the Todos pela Saúde Institute, Mariângela Simão, highlighted the need to improve the huge inequality in the distribution of vaccines and drugs to the poorest countries to combat epidemics. “Technology sharing is a big problem. We have to do better to be prepared for the next pandemic.”
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