Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA; Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Microbes Infect. 2020 Nov-Dec;22(10):505-507. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.09.005. Epub 2020 Sep 19.
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.
在过去的五年中,美国的反科学言论急剧上升,尤其是来自政治极右翼的言论,主要集中在疫苗问题上,最近则集中在新冠病毒预防措施上。超过 100 个美国县的疫苗接种率下降,导致 2019 年麻疹爆发,而 2020 年美国成为新冠疫情的中心。现在,美国的反科学运动已经开始全球化,与极端组织建立了新的、意想不到的联系,这可能对全球公共卫生造成悲惨后果。一个由美国和德国的极右翼团体组成的新的反科学三巨头出现了,并得到了俄罗斯媒体的放大。