"Mr. Kennedy, he's deeply dug in, and I know he's not interested in the science, or he can't understand the science, or both. That's why I didn't want to debate him. I remember telling him about some of the environmental factors linked with autism and saying to him, "You should be all over this. You're an environmental attorney." But he had no interest in it because he was too busy, too fixated on vaccines, which have nothing to do with autism. And that's when I realized that he really had no interest in the science. It was going in one ear and out the other."
""While there is urgency unlike any we've ever known there is still agency," they write. "We can still avert disaster if we can understand the nature of the mounting anti-science threat and formulate a strategy to counter it.""
""complex spiderweb of malevolence.""
A coalition of anti-science forces spans fossil-fuel interests denying climate change and social-media influencers spreading conspiracy theories, posing threats to both public health and the climate. The movement functions as a complex spiderweb of malevolence that undermines evidence-based policies and public trust. Urgency to act is unprecedented, yet there remains agency and potential to avert disaster by understanding the threat and formulating effective counterstrategies. A prominent vaccine scientist declined a proposed debate with a vaccine skeptic, citing the skeptic's fixation on vaccines and lack of engagement with scientific evidence, illustrating communication and engagement challenges.
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