Microbes and Infection ( IF 5.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.09.005 Peter J Hotez 1
The last five years has seen a sharp rise in anti-science rhetoric in the United States, especially from the political far right, mostly focused on vaccines and, of late, anti-COVID-19 prevention approaches. Vaccine coverage has declined in more than 100 US counties leading to measles outbreaks in 2019, while in 2020 the US became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the anti-science movement in America has begun to globalize, with new and unexpected associations with extremist groups and the potential for tragic consequences in terms of global public health. A new anti-science triumvirate has emerged, comprised of far right groups in the US and Germany, and amplified by Russian media.
中文翻译:
美国的反科学极端主义:升级和全球化。
在过去的五年中,美国的反科学言论急剧上升,尤其是在政治最右翼,主要侧重于疫苗以及最近的抗COVID-19预防方法。美国100多个县的疫苗接种率下降,导致2019年爆发麻疹,而2020年,美国成为COVID-19大流行的中心。现在,美国的反科学运动已经开始全球化,与极端主义团体的新的和意想不到的联系以及在全球公共卫生方面可能带来悲剧性后果的可能性。一个新的反科学三人联盟已经出现,由美国和德国的极右翼团体组成,并被俄罗斯媒体放大。