Anti-science kills: From Soviet embrace of pseudoscience to accelerated attacks on US biomedicine.
PLoS Biol
; 19(1): e3001068, 2021 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1052427
ABSTRACT
The United States witnessed an unprecedented politicization of biomedical science starting in 2015 that has exploded into a complex, multimodal anti-science empire operating through mass media, political elections, legislation, and even health systems. Anti-science activities now pervade the daily lives of many Americans, and threaten to infect other parts of the world. We can attribute the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans from COVID-19, measles, and other vaccine-preventable diseases to anti-science. The acceleration of anti-science activities demands not only new responses and approaches but also international coordination. Vaccines and other biomedical advances will not be sufficient to halt COVID-19 or future potentially catastrophic illnesses, unless we simultaneously counter anti-science aggression.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Politics
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Vaccination
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Vaccination Refusal
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Pseudoscience
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS Biol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pbio.3001068
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