As we come closer to a coronavirus vaccine, TikTok users have come to share their experience with the vaccine trial.
What We Know
- The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial has begun, and participants have taken to social media platform TikTok to share their experience.
- One of whom, Ashely Locke, started the trial on November 16th in Nashville Tennessee. She posted about her experience, and the post has over 2.8 million views as of Tuesday.
- In an interview with NBC News, she discussed her involvement with the trial, “I’ve seen people post TikToks about different journeys they’re having, like weight-loss journeys or moving to a new school and things like that, so I was, like, this vaccine trial is an interesting thing. I’ll post about that,”
- Another TikTok User Kate Bredbenner is a doctor of biomedical sciences focusing on biophysics posted on TikTok. In the post, she explains how the vaccine differs from previous vaccines we’ve seen.
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- After going viral, Bredbenner experienced overwhelmingly positive comments, many genuinely curious about the vaccine. Bredbenner discussed with NBC on her comments, “It makes me feel so good. People are genuinely having real conversations, and people are asking questions, and I think that’s kind of magic.”
- Several users have gone viral for their videos about the vaccine, and the hashtag #CovidVaccine has over 41 million views. TikTok serves as a way to communicate this information to a younger audience in a format they’re familiar with using. These users have been flooded with comments asking questions about the vaccine.
- The viral TikToks has helped audiences make decisions on the vaccine and debunk misinformation, such as the government using the vaccine as a way to microchip people.
The vaccine trials will run going into 2021, but it doesn’t seem like TikTok users will slow down updating their audiences.
