heidi larson runs the vaccine confidence project.t are the main factors that lead people to not want to take the vaccine? >> one of the dominant ones is the anxiety of how quickly these vaccines were made and approved with the knowledge that previous ones have taken so long. >> reporter: anna has reassurance on that point. >> no matter what vaccine it is, it has to pass the same regulatory check points. >> we do not consent. we do not consent. >> reporter: others maintain woud a shred of evidence that it's a gateway to surveillance that big government or pharma can be trusted, confusing trial results like the recent ones from astrazeneca, under mine those that want the shot. >> trust is fundamental, i often say that we don't have a misinformation problem as much as we have a trust problem. >> we have a good biological understanding of vaccines as well as the body. >> reporter: an army of young scientists have taken to the internet. anna blackney is one of the most influential, determined to pucks that trust problem a tiktok at a time

we are joined now by heidi larson. heidi is the director of the vaccine confidence project. she is cochair of this panel and close friend and colleague of ours. welcome, i want to ask you to offer some remarks. this has been it was historic the week here in the united states and united kingdom. you're inhi london so i can't avoid asking you to reflect on what has happened in the uk this week but i'd also like you to offer reflections as a global expert on what is happening here and what your observing in the larger context relevant to this conversation. today obviously what happens in america, our particular political culture has something on that but it's not like we exist in some vacuum and we are not seen this phenomenon manifest in many different places. taking slightly different form but a lot of common elements around there so thank you so much for being with us. could you speak for a few minutes? >> sorry. it's the muting problem. [laughter] i was carefully inspecting the others, who i am usually respecting. i follow both of their work closely, it really matters to us

professor heidi larson has studied people's attitudes to vaccines for more than two decades.ng that space. you cannot just take building, feeling that space. you cannotjust take away pieces of misinformation. 0ne of the big anxieties is safety. so we could talk about the fact that safety processes are being followed carefully and we are short cutting other parts of that long development process. scientists are taking to social media themselves to try and get accurate information out there. the battle against covid cannot be won in hospitals and science la bs be won in hospitals and science labs alone. part of this fight needs to happen online. france's muslim council is due to meet president emmanuel macron this week, after it was asked by the president to come up with a ‘charter of republican values‘ for imams in the country to sign. the council, which represents nine muslim associations, has reportedly been asked to include several declarations in the text, including recognition of france's republican values, rejection of islam as a political movement, and a ban on foreign

e're joined now by heidi larson. heidi is the director of the project at idence the london school of hygiene & tropical medicine. he's co-chair of this high-level panel and a close friend and colleague of ours. heidi, welcome. ask you to offer some remarks. historic big a week here in the united states and in the united kingdom. london.n so i can't avoid asking you to reflect on what has happened in u.k. this week, but i'd also like you to offer your expert ons as a global on what is happening here and what you're observing in the context that's relevant to this conversation. oday, obviously, what happens in america, our peculiar political culture has some but it's not like we exist in some vacuum and phenomenoneeing this manifest in different places. taking slightly different form a lot of common elements. hi heidi, thank you for being with us. can you speak for a few minutes? are we having a connection problem? heidi: sorry. it's a muting problem. [laughter] steve: ok. heidi: i was carefully speakers. the other whic

july the panel cochair, senior vice president and director of the global health policy center and heidi larson professor of anthropology, risk and decision science as well as the director of the vaccine confidence project at the london school convened a bipartisan international group of experts from public health, cyber cybersecurity, public opinion research and communication to assess the implications of misinformation and vaccine confidence for u.s. national security within the context. in october the panel issued a call to action defining the problems of the vaccine confidence and misinformation as a national security threat. the call outlined five key recommendations. let me briefly tell you about each one. the first one is the rapid launch of an independent panel on vaccines and misinformation to assess the decline and popular trust in the science and concrete measures to be taken at the national state and local level. second is for the innovative approaches to reaching diverse and underserved populations with vaccines and other social service support. by integrating the delivery of covid

professor heidi larson has been studying people's attitudes to vaccines for more than two decades.isinformation. one of the big anxieties is safety, so we can talk about the fact that safety processes are being followed carefully. we are short cutting other parts of the long development process. scientists are taking to social media themselves to try to get accurate information out there. the battle against covid can't be won in hospitals and science labs alone. part of this fight needs to happen online. the united states is in the dire covid situation it's in right now because millions of americans stopped being careful between april and october. the number of people spending time indoors with those not from their immediate household doubled, going to restaurants tripled, going to work, gyms, churches, they were all way up. mask wearing did increase but not by enough to offset the reduction in other safety practices, like social distancing. and, like everything in america, there's a big partistan divide. democratic voters consistently scored higher than republicans on a scale used

heidi larson runs the vaccine confidence project. >> one of the main factors that lead people to notes were made and approved with knowledge that previous ones have taken so long. >> anna blakney got reassurance on that point. >> no matter what vaccine it is, it has to pass the same regulatory check points. >> but anti-vax activists maintain without a shred of evidence that the vaccine is a gateway to mass surveillance, that neither the government or big pharma can be trusted. to complicate the picture, confusing trial results like recent ones from astra-zeneca undermine the confidence of people who otherwise want the shot. >> trust is so fundamental. i often say we don't have a misinformation problem as much as we have a trust problem. >> we have a good biological understanding of vaccines. >> so an army of young scientists have taken to the internet. anna blakney is one of the most influential, determined to fix that trust problem one tiktok at a time. >> i think by having connection with a single person who is there and personal and can show them exactly what you do in the lab, it

and everyone can be absolutely confident that no corners whatsoever have been cut >> reporter: heidi larsonand others oppose vaccinations. >> i think we've created such polarization across society, well beyond vaccines but vaccines have certainly been a victim of the polarization >> reporter: now she head as cutting edge team in london called the vaccine confidence project. she says covid vaccines need to be explained to people >> there's been a lot of attention to fast, fast, fast, warp speed, but the reality is that they are faster, because of the new technology and now is the time to talk to the people about these different things. >> reporter: they aim to combat the influence of the anti-vaccine groups active around the world and largely unregulated in social media. heidi lawson also advises facebook on how to counteract growing vaccine misinformation online but she says it's not simply closing accounts >> you can't delete doubt. >> reporter: you can't delete doubt? >> yes i don't think conflict is going to resolve this, i think it going to aggravate it. we do need a listening ear >> re

professor heidi larson has been studying people's attitudes to vaccines for more than two decades.ion. one of the big anxieties is safety, so we can talk about the fact that safety processes are being followed carefully. we are short cutting other parts of the long development process. scientists are taking to social media themselves to try to get accurate information out there. the battle against covid can't be won in hospitals and science labs alone. part of this fight needs to happen online. covid—19 could be causing lung abnormalities still detectable more than three months after patients are infected. a study of ten patients at oxford university used a new scanning technique involving xenon gas to identify damage not picked up by conventional scans. eight of them had persistent shortness of breath and tiredness three months after being ill with coronavirus, even though none of them had been admitted to intensive care or required ventilation. the researchers now plan a larger study to see how widespread the condition is. sir eltonjohn hasjoined a group of charities to call for