Updated
Jan 31, 2021
U.S. Anti-Science Movement Sacrificed Tens Of Thousands Of Lives To COVID: Medical Expert
The needless toll was triggered by an active and unabashed anti-science disinformation initiative by the Trump White House, writes Dr. Peter Hotez.
An “unprecedented politicization” of science in America over the last five years has resulted in “tens of thousands” of needless deaths in the nation, an infectious disease specialist has warned.
Dangerous attacks on the health measures of masks and social distancing as an affront to “freedom” and suspicions about vaccinations has been fueled by “an active and unabashed anti-science disinformation initiative by the White House,” and “the president himself,” wrote Dr. Peter Hotez in in the journal PLOS Biology in an essay Thursday. That disinformation included “dismissing the severity of the virus and hyping treatments beyond their effectiveness,” noted Hotez.