Dr. Hotez discusses his journey into public health and vaccine advocacy that was influenced by his daughter's autism diagnosis and ended up making him a target of the anti-vaccine movement. He and Dr. Sathya explore the challenges of communicating evolving science, combating medical misinformation like "turbo cancers," and rebuilding public trust. Dr. Hotez emphasizes the critical importance of childhood vaccines (MMR, Hepatitis B) and flu/Covid shots for heart health, and explains the political and financial forces driving the anti-science movement.
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Critics say Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration have been pushing an anti-science agenda. The new book, "Science Under Siege", argues it's not just the federal government that's putting public health at risk. Co-author and climate scientist Michael Mann joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
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Authors Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Michael Mann join CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss their new book 'Science Under Siege', which laments anti-science "obstructing the needed response from government and civil society."
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Well aware of the challenges of false and misleading information on the internet, Richelle Witherspoon initially set out to understand what causes some people to fall prey to false- and pseudo-scientific information, while others do not. Her research led her to a shocking conclusion: the two groups have a lot more in common than either would like to believe. In "Understanding Science Denial", she challenges audiences to question their own information practices and beliefs before sharing some key principles in persuasion that focus, not on facts, but on the true foundations upon which belief is formed.
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Some people don't believe in vaccines or climate change or other scientifically proven things. Why not? Why don't people trust evidence?
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