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Dr. Peter Hotez discusses how the antivaccine movement became a dangerous political campaign promoted by elected officials and amplified by news media, causing thousands of American deaths.

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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, one renowned scientist, in his famous bowtie, appeared daily on major news networks such as MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and others. Dr. Peter J. Hotez often went without sleep, working around the clock to develop a nonprofit COVID-19 vaccine and to keep the public informed. During that time, he was one of the most trusted voices on the pandemic and was even nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his selfless work. He also became one of the main targets of anti-science rhetoric that gained traction through conservative news media.

In this eyewitness story of how the anti-vaccine movement grew into a dangerous and prominent anti-science element in American politics, Hotez describes the devastating impacts it has had on Americans' health and lives. As a scientist who has endured antagonism from anti-vaxxers and been at the forefront of both essential scientific discovery and advocacy, Hotez is uniquely qualified to tell this story. By weaving his personal experiences together with information on how the anti-vaccine movement became a tool of far-right political figures around the world, Hotez opens readers' eyes to the dangers of anti-science. He explains how anti-science became a major societal and lethal force: in the first years of the pandemic, more than 200,000 unvaccinated Americans needlessly died despite the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines. Even as he paints a picture of the world under a shadow of aggressive ignorance, Hotez demonstrates his innate optimism, offering solutions for how to combat science denial and save lives in the process.

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• 0 Preface
• 1 An\Army of Patriots Turns against the Scientists
• 2 Health Freedom Propaganda in America
• 3 Red COVID
• 4 An\Anti-science Political Ecosystem
• 5 Tough Time to be a Scientist
• 6 The\Authoritarian Playbook
• 7 The\Hardest Science Communication Ever
• 8 Southern Poverty Law Center for Scientists
• 0 About the Author
• 0 Index

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CHOICE Review

This book is one of several recent publications warning of the rise of anti-science movements, both within the US and globally. Hotez (Baylor College of Medicine), who has extensive experience with coronaviruses, describes anti-science efforts regarding vaccinations in general, vaccination of children, and COVID-19 vaccinations in particular. He points out how anti-vaxxers use the same tactics as those who attack other sciences and scientists, including climate science and climate change deniers. The anti-vaccination movement is not just comprised of random attacks by individuals, it is a well-organized effort owing to the alliance of anti-vaxxer groups with partisan conservative groups, including PACs that provide funding. Misinformation and disinformation as well as outright falsehoods originate from and are spread by a number of sources including partisan activists; alleged science experts; TV news hosts; and local, state, and federal politicians, all of whom egg on the public via social media. Attacks are not only verbal but personal (sometimes including anti-Semitic attacks) directed at the scientists and their families, even including threats of violence, all while calling for "health and medical freedom." It is time for scientists and the public to resist these attacks. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --Robert Edward Buntrock, independent scholar

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Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD (HOUSTON, TX), is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology and the founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also the codirector of the Texas Childrens Center for Vaccine Development. He is the author of Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science and Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachels Autism: My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad.