Anti-vaccine activists are inciting violence against their foes, experts say.
joined in, tweeting that Hotez was “afraid of a public debate, because he knows he’s wrong.”
“This is a standard anti-vaccinationist playbook,” explains Andrew Wehrman, a professor of history at Central Michigan University and the author of. In the 19th and early-20th centuries, the anti-vaccinationists, as they were then called, would stand outside public libraries and “try to talk to people, but what they often sought was a big public audience,” Wehrman says.
, tells me that debate “is just a very bad way to get at the truth about everything.” Scientists and skeptics learned that lesson amid tangles with creationists and anti-vaxxers alike. Loxton points to the phrase “Gish gallop,” which was coined by his colleague, Dr. Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Why Hotez is right not to debate RFK Jr. on Joe Rogan's show (Opinion)Hotez, who has faced the wrath of the anti-vaccine movement since he began publicly...
Leer más »
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate is driven by extremist groups and targets drag shows, study findsThe Anti-Defamation League and GLAAD documented 356 anti-LGBTQ+ nationwide incidents motivated by hate between June 2022 and April 2023, with over one-third of them targeting drag shows and performers, according to a new study.
Leer más »
Daytime naps could have an anti-aging effect on our brainsPermission to log off for a lunchtime snooze?
Leer más »
Court: Professor who went to strip club with students not ‘anti-male bias’ victimGeorge Mason University professor Todd Kashdan argued in a lawsuit that it was “anti-male bias” for the school to discipline him after students complained about sexual harassment. An appeals court disagreed.
Leer más »
Google launches ‘Anti Money Laundering AI’ after successful HSBC trialGoogle Cloud announced the launch of its “Anti Money Laundering AI” service, a new fintech tool purported to provide greater speed and accuracy than state-of-the-art rules-based systems.
Leer más »