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Published on: February 11, 2019
Communicating science and protecting scientists in a time of political instability
1Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Health and Biosciences, James A Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Abstract:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will change how we communicate biomedical science to reflect the new realities of increasing politicization of vaccines or therapeutics, as well as targeted attacks against prominent US scientists. The stakes are high, given how thousands of Americans are losing their lives by refusing vaccinations or demanding unproven treatments.
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