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Dr. Peter Hotez is a veritable force. He has been the tip of the spear among physicians and scientists for taking on anti-science and has put himself and his family at serious risk.Along with Dr. Maria Bottazzi, he developed the Corbevax Covid vaccine —without a patent— that has already been given to over 10 million people, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here an uninhibited, casual and extended conversation about his career, tangling with the likes of RFK Jr, Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, and an organized, funded, anti-science mob, along with related topics.

Today is publication day for his new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science.

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Eric Topol (00:00):

Hello, this is Eric Topol with Ground Truths, and I'm with my friend and colleague who's an extraordinary fellow, Dr. Peter Hotez. He's the founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and University professor at Baylor, also at Texas Children's founding editor of the Public Library Science and Neglected Tropical Disease Journal. and I think this is Peter, your fifth book.

Peter Hotez (00:28):

That's my fifth single author book. That's right, that's right.

Eric Topol (00:32):

Fifth book. So that's pretty amazing. Peter's welcome and it's great to have a chance to have this conversation with you.

Peter Hotez (00:39):

Oh, it's great to be here and great to be with you, Eric, and you know, I've learned so much from you during this pandemic, and my only regret is not getting to know you before the pandemic. My life would've been far richer. And

Peter Hotez (00:53):

I think, I think I first got to really know about you. You were are my medical school, Baylor College of Medicine, awarded you an honorary doctorate, and that's when I began reading about it. Oh. I said, holy cow. Why didn't, why haven't I been with this guy before? So

Eric Topol (01:08):

It's, oh my gosh. So you must have been there that year. And I came to the graduation.

Peter Hotez (01:12):

No, I actually was speaking at another graduation. That's why I couldn't be there, . Ah,

Eric Topol (01:18):

Right. As you typically do. Rig