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For late intervention, as large anti-vaccine communities begin to emerge, shielding bridging regions in small-world and regular lattice networks becomes a more effective containment strategy. However, this approach is less effective in scale-free and random networks due to the distinct clustering patterns observed there. We also find that controlling negative opinion diffusion becomes more challenging the longer the intervention is delayed. 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