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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

@PeterHotez

18 Jul

@Stanford

Our County Judge. Born in Colombia, 30 yo grad of @Stanford, brilliant beyond belief, and a compassionate really nice person. Come to Houston, between @LinaHidalgoTX + our amazing Mayor @SylvesterTurner, African American graduate of @Harvard_Law we are the future of this nation

https://twitter.com/LinaHidalgoTX/status/1416550370390781954

Bottom line: If you want to make a difference in the world, have some ideas, we're still the place to build the American Dream. Ignore all the bad press. Houston is beyond amazing.

Hot, flat, and cheap. The most accepting city in the US. If you have a good idea, and are willing to work hard, there's no stopping you. Amazing arts and literary scene, I reinvented myself as a writer here. Scientific institutions dwarf anything back east. Food is amazing.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

@PeterHotez

16 Jul

@ChrisJansing

1/3 Many thanks ⁦@ChrisJansing⁩ for hosting me today re the POTUS statement on antivaccine misinformation. While FB was specifically mentioned the truth is it’s not that simple. Here’s the deal: There are 2 pieces, one being mentioned by the White House, other ignored

2/3 regarding the FB mention, yes they’re culpable but actually all the social media platforms are involved, as well as the e-commerce platforms. Amazon for instance is the largest promoter of fake antivaccine and Covid conspiracy books

3/3 …but the biggest piece unmentioned in both the US Surgeon General report and the White House is the SOURCE of the information. They won’t mention the triple headed monster. So I will…

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

@PeterHotez

16 Jul

@TexasChildrens

1/6: Our @TexasChildrens Center for Vaccine Development @BCM_TropMed (co-directed by @mebottazzi @PeterHotez with a team of 25+ amazing scientists) works to place all of our findings in the public domain through scientific publications. Sometimes we do this in lieu of patents..

@biological_e

2/6 This includes our low-cost recomb protein "people's vaccine" for COVID-19, licensed to the amazing @biological_e in India + others. Here's our most recent in @SciImmunology on protection of the vaccine in primates in collaboration with @EmoryVaccineCtr immunology.sciencemag.org/content/6/61/e…

3/6 Additional publications on this vaccine link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

@PeterHotez

15 Jul

1/3 USG health misinformation advisory. Good intentions, maybe some modest impact but inadequate. If they had done this 5-10 years ago maybe? But back then all I got from Dept HHS "Peter, we're not calling attention to this, it will just give it oxygen"
npr.org/sections/healt…

2/3 Currently, the advisory reflects a tone deafness or lack of situational awareness regarding the depth and breadth of an antiscience empire that was allowed to build and monetize the internet over the last decade from NGOs, news outlets, Russian Govt

3/3 I've called on the White House to form an interagency task force that includes Depts Homeland Security, State, Commerce, Justice, and HHS, and recognize that the threat of the antiscience empire is as grave as global terrorism, cyberattacks, nuclear proliferation.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

@PeterHotez

15 Jul

@chrislhayes

Many thanks ⁦@chrislhayes⁩ for hosting me ⁦@allinwithchris⁩ with ⁦@RepLamar⁩ I explained health consequences of low vaccination in a state like TN where only 20% of adolescents vaccinated and low numbers young adults. In addition to failing to stop the virus….

@JAMA_current

I’m worried about the effects of long Covid and findings such as these in @JAMA_current where 26% young adults suffer from this.. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…