(CNN) Concerned that anti-vaccination activists are winning the war on social media, advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say public health authorities need to figure out how to fight back. "This anti-vaccine issue has been driven by social media and will continue to be driven by social media," said Dr. Matthew Zahn, another liaison representative to the committee. Some of the advisers said the CDC could, for example, fund social media outreach efforts and then help study which work best. "When CDC engages in social media, we aim to consistently provide science-based and timely information in understandable language. It was just one study, but the advisers said it indicates that there is a way to win the social media war.

Source: CNN April 12, 2019 08:37 UTC