Dr. Hotez about politically charged anti-science movement

"Too often we call it misinformation or disinformation as though it's just a random junk on the internet and it's not that at all. It's an organized politically charged, driven anti-science ecosystem. And the fact that it's sanctioned by the state, that's the game changer, that's the scary part...
Where I drew the line is when it was costing so many lives. So many people were going down this rabbit hole of watching Fox News every evening or the far right podcasters or listening to the rhetoric of the House Freedom Caucus in the GOP."