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https://momentmag.com/a-virulent-antisemitism-interview-with-dr-peter-hotez/>
"Peter J. Hotez (MD, PhD) is internationally known for his public science
advocacy, having taken on anti-vax groups’ attempts to connect autism with
vaccines and, more recently, for combating misinformation about fighting COVID.
He regularly appears on major news shows and in print media and maintains an
active presence on Twitter. In his forthcoming book,
The Deadly Rise of
Anti-Science: How Health Freedom Propaganda Endangers the World, Hotez
estimates that 200,000 Americans needlessly lost their lives from COVID during
the last half of 2021 alone, which he largely blames on propaganda from the far
right.
An expert on neglected tropical diseases, Dr. Hotez is dean of the National
School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology
& microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He’s also
codirector of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development and holds
numerous fellowships related to medical ethics and health policy, including in
disease and poverty at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for
Public Policy. He is the codirector of Parasites Without Borders, a member of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of the
Distinguished Achievement Award from the Jewish service organization B’nai
B’rith International.
Hotez, whose ancestors on his father’s side came from Galicia (now southeastern
Poland and western Ukraine) grew up in a Jewish family in West Hartford,
Connecticut. I recently spoke to him about the COVID vaccine he developed for
low- and middle-income countries, his passion for “science tikkun,” and about
the antisemitism that’s now a virulent strain of anti-science ideology."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: June 8, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-84257540
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
