"The U.S. must also recognize how anti-science rhetoric has emerged as a new lethal force and find mechanisms to halt its advance."
"The unvaccinated were targeted by a well-financed and newly politicized anti-vaccine movement."
https://latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-09-22/antiscience-climate-change-covid-vaccines-antivax
Opinion: From COVID to climate, scientists need defending

Americans need science to sustain democracy and progress. The alternative is to follow the path of the Soviet Union: sidelining experts and sacrificing lives.

Los Angeles Times
@erictopol The vaccines arrived too late, when the particular strain was not in circulation anymore. It's like getting a flu vaccine from 3 years ago.