{"id":25028,"date":"2021-02-03T17:45:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/02\/03\/dr-peter-hotez-globalized-anti-science-movement-threatens-pandemic-response-public-health-2\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:45:25","slug":"dr-peter-hotez-globalized-anti-science-movement-threatens-pandemic-response-public-health-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/03\/dr-peter-hotez-globalized-anti-science-movement-threatens-pandemic-response-public-health-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Peter Hotez: \u201cGlobalized Anti-Science Movement\u201d Threatens Pandemic Response &amp; Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"M0A8z6eG70k\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration has vowed to increase the rate of vaccinations as COVID-19 continues to spread uncontrollably across the entire U.S., with 90,000 people predicted to die in the next four weeks. President Biden announced plans to acquire another 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech and is devising ways to allow retired nurses and doctors to administer vaccines. Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, says the Trump administration\u2019s lies and inaction around the pandemic laid the groundwork for the current explosion in cases. He also warns that a \u201cglobalized anti-science movement\u201d has grown stronger in recent years, spreading dangerous disinformation and threatening the public health response to COVID-19. \u201cIt\u2019s a killer, because now people are tying their political allegiance to not getting vaccinated, to not wearing marks, to not social distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! 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