Thread by @PeterHotez

Thank you again to ⁦@LisaGray_HouTX⁩ for the amazing “Peter Hotez’s Fight” ⁦@HoustonChron⁩ article in today’s Sunday print ed. Reports on my decade-long battle with antivaccine antiscience groups. In 2020 they expanded from Texas to become a global antiscience empire

The antiscience empire: 1) “health freedom” movement that accelerated in Texas in 2015 as a PAC, 2) expansion through QAnon other extremist groups in Western Europe, 3) national antivaccine orgs, 4) health wellness industry funding, 5) Putin led Russian Govt health disinformation

Many of these activities specifically target high profile scientists. I get to be the “OG Villain” designated by RFK Jr. This amplified in 2020 when I also worked to dismember the White House CoV Task Force program of disinformation that began last Feb-March, a year ago actually

I also really appreciate @LisaGray_HouTX interviewing @AnnHotez and making her an integral part. She gave me courage to dismember deconstruct the White House disinformation campaign in 2020. Esp early on when I was out in front doing this solo. And big thanks @stevegonzaleshc