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The physician-scientist: defending vaccines and combating antiscience
Peter Hotez
Peter Hotez
Published April 29, 2019
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2019;129(6):2169-2171. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI129121.
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The physician-scientist: defending vaccines and combating antiscience

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Figure 1

The three major drivers of the antivax movement.

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The three major drivers of the antivax movement.
Since the early 2000s, ...
Since the early 2000s, the antivax movement has grown into its own “media empire” with a political arm. The response from the scientific community and federal government agencies committed to public health has been modest or tepid. Figure illustrated by Rachel Davidowitz.

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