ABSTRACT:

Recent surges in antivaccine activism and other antiscience trends now converge with rising antisemitism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarian elements from the far right in North America and Europe often invoked Nazi imagery to describe vaccinations or at times even blame the Jewish people for COVID-19 origins and vaccine profiteering. Such tropes represent throwbacks to the 14th century, when European Jews were persecuted during the time of the bubonic plague. This article provides both historical and recent perspectives on the links between antiscience and antisemitism, together with the author’s personal experience as a Jewish vaccine scientist targeted by both dark forces. New approaches to uncoupling antisemitism from antiscience, while combating both, are essential for saving lives and preserving democratic values.

摘要：

最近反疫苗激进主义和其他反科学趋势的激增现在与不断上升的反犹太主义融合在一起。在COVID-19大流行期间，北美和欧洲的极右翼独裁分子经常援引纳粹形象来描述疫苗接种，有时甚至将COVID-19的起源和疫苗暴利归咎于犹太人。这些比喻让人回想起 14 世纪，当时欧洲犹太人在黑死病期间遭受迫害。本文提供了关于反科学和反犹太主义之间联系的历史和最新观点，以及作者作为犹太疫苗科学家成为这两种黑暗势力目标的个人经历。将反犹太主义与反科学分开并同时打击两者的新方法对于拯救生命和维护民主价值观至关重要。