Mounting antiscience aggression in the United States.

There is a troubling new expansion of antiscience aggression in the United States. It's arising from far-right extremism, including some elected members of the US Congress and conservative news outlets that target prominent biological scientists fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Main Author: Peter J Hotez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001369
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