Dr. Peter Hotez's newest book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-science, explores how anti-science forces in the US have become more organized and embraced by high-profile politicians and pundits.
Hotez estimates that 200,000 Americans died preventable deaths during the Delta-variant surge of 2021 due to vaccine hesitancy.
Hotez argues that the anti-science movement is an orchestrated product of a networked political ecosystem of extremism.