Abbas Ali Haif
University of Wasit, Wasit, Iraq.
Int J Semiot Law. 2022;35(3):1167-1185. doi: 10.1007/s11196-021-09857-3. Epub 2021 Jul 10.
Undoubtedly and unfortunately, COVID-19 pandemic has been politicized in media see Abbas (Int J Semiot Law, 2020), Rui Zhang (Media Asia 48:89-107, 2021). Although vaccines play a crucial role in eliminating the pandemic, they have been politicized by media. This article aims to show how COVID-19 vaccines are politicized in the press. The article collects some selected reports on vaccines taken from American and Chinese media. The reports are analyzed according to an analytical framework suggested by the researcher. The framework and data collection and description are clearly presented in the method section. Based on data analysis, the article shows that COVID-19 vaccines have been politicized. The study recommends that diseases and vaccines should not be politicized. In other words, we should respect and trust science and our scientists for no other purpose than to reach herd immunity and overcome a dangerous pandemic that has taken and is still taking thousands of innocent lives.
毫无疑问且令人遗憾的是，新冠疫情已在媒体中被政治化（见阿巴斯，《国际符号法杂志》，2020年；张瑞，《亚洲传媒》第48卷：第89 - 107页，2021年）。尽管疫苗在消除疫情方面发挥着关键作用，但它们也被媒体政治化了。本文旨在展示新冠疫苗在媒体中是如何被政治化的。文章收集了一些从美国和中国媒体选取的关于疫苗的报道。这些报道根据研究者提出的分析框架进行分析。该框架以及数据收集和描述在方法部分有清晰呈现。基于数据分析，文章表明新冠疫苗已被政治化。该研究建议疾病和疫苗不应被政治化。换句话说，我们应该尊重和信任科学以及我们的科学家，目的就是实现群体免疫并战胜这场已经且仍在夺走数千无辜生命的危险疫情。
