The pandemic created a toxic legacy of misinformation that has mobilised opposition to vaccinations.
![Given the obvious risk to public health posed by anti-vaccination movements, what can communicators and politicians do to respond, ask Lewandowsky and Schmid [Illustration by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1231067259.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Erfurt, Germany.
The pandemic created a toxic legacy of misinformation that has mobilised opposition to vaccinations.
![Given the obvious risk to public health posed by anti-vaccination movements, what can communicators and politicians do to respond, ask Lewandowsky and Schmid [Illustration by Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1231067259.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)