#11 Talking about vaccine safety – Anthony Cox & Daniel Salmon

With vaccine hesitancy on the rise and misinformation spreading
like wildfire on social media, drug safety specialists may have a
hard time knowing how to talk about side effects without
affecting people’s trust in vaccinations. Anthony Cox from the
University of Birmingham and Daniel Salmon from the Institute for
Vaccine Safety share their best advice for balanced and
responsible vaccine safety communication.

Tune in to find out:


Why we can’t allow bad actors to damage the drive for
openness in research and data

Why we should be open about uncertainty and always frame
risks in the context of benefits

How to prevent public health advocacy from biasing the
science of vaccine safety



Want to know more?
The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook is a
practical guide for anyone who wishes to improve their vaccine
communication and challenge misinformation.

The CIOMS Guide to Vaccine Safety Communication helps medicine
regulators communicate the uncertainties, risks and safety of
vaccines.

The World Health Organization provides resources on vaccine
communication and a series of illustrated articles on vaccine
development and distribution.

In his Is it Safe? newsletter, Anthony Cox discusses the science,
practice, and practicalities of medicine safety – including the
latest developments with COVID-19 vaccines.

For more on vaccines, check out these episodes from the Drug
Safety Matters archive:


Convincing the vaccine hesitant

Keeping vaccines safe

Substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas

Vaccination errors risk harm and damage trust



Finally, we featured these interviews with Anthony Cox and Daniel
Salmon as an article in Uppsala Reports, too.





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