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2️⃣ Read the submission: committees.parliamen... We present multidisciplinary evidence on how misinformation undermines childhood vaccine confidence and coverage in the UK and beyond. 2/10

3️⃣ Childhood vaccine uptake in the UK remains relatively high, but confidence is declining and coverage has slipped enough to contribute to outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles. Misinformation plays a causal role in this erosion of uptake. 3/10

4️⃣ We review historical and recent cases—from the Wakefield MMR hoax to HPV campaigns in Japan and Ireland—showing how concentrated misinformation can drive sharp drops in coverage and thousands of preventable cancer cases and deaths. 4/10