Should spreading anti-vaccine misinformation be criminalised?

Journal article

The spread of false health information casts a shadow over required vaccine coverage. Melinda Mills says that we must, reluctantly, consider criminalising people who deliberately spread false information—but Jonas Sivelä argues that the definitions are too murky and that criminalisation may do more harm than good

Authors: Mills, MC; Sivelä, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Journal: BMJ
• Volume: 372
• Article number: n272
• Publication date: 2021-02-17
• Acceptance date: 2021-02-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n272
• EISSN: 0959-8138
• ISSN: 1759-2151
• Pmid: 33597153
• Language: English
• Keywords: FFR