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‘It’s not a vaccine, it’s a shot’: uncovering a new trend in vaccine scepticism

By Elena Semino, Distinguished Professor in Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University

The COVID pandemic triggered a new kind of vaccine scepticism shared by people who normally take up vaccines – here’s why that’s a problem.

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