TWiV 687: Peter Hotez sticks to the vax

<p>Peter Hotez joins TWiV to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, including why it went out of control in the US, the hijacking of public health practices by anti-science extremist groups, prospects for control, and whether we will be prepared for the next one.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href="http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href="http://www.alandove.com/">Alan Dove</a>, <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, and <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/BioProfBarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href= "https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/peter-hotez-23229">Peter Hote</a>z</p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Peter Hotez on <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twip/29-neglected-tropical-diseases-with-peter-hotez/"> TWiP 29</a> and <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-special-hotez/">TWiV Special</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1286457920302045?via%3Dihub"> Wednesday, January 20, 2021</a> (Microbes Inf)</li> <li>SARS-CoV-2 RBD <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33173864/">protein vaccine candidate</a> (bioRxiv)</li> <li><a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32961275/">Anti-science extremism</a> in America (Microbes Inf)</li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32726304/">Low cost accessible</a> COVID-19 vaccine (PLoS NTD)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-687-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 687</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "