Hotez Peter
Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 76798, USA.
Mol Med. 2025 May 16;31(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s10020-025-01244-z.
Over the past decade we have seen a steady increase in dangerous pandemic threats. They include two major Ebola epidemics and cholera in Africa; dengue, Zika, yellow fever in the Americas; a COVID-19 pandemic; and H5N1 in Texas. This is happening because of a confluence of modern forces including urbanization, deforestation, and climate change. Yet as pandemics emerge on a crowded and warming planet, anti-science disinformation and antisemitism impede our response. Science tikkun is an overarching framework for repair and redress. It honors the legacy of Maimonides, Teilhard de Chardin, and others who have sought reconciliation between science and religion.
在过去十年里,我们看到危险的大流行威胁不断增加。这些威胁包括非洲的两次埃博拉疫情和霍乱;美洲的登革热、寨卡病毒、黄热病;新冠疫情;以及德克萨斯州的H5N1疫情。这是由于城市化、森林砍伐和气候变化等现代因素共同作用的结果。然而,在一个人口密集且不断变暖的星球上出现大流行疫情时,反科学虚假信息和反犹主义阻碍了我们的应对。科学修复是一个全面的修复和补救框架。它尊重迈蒙尼德、德日进等寻求科学与宗教和解的人的遗产。