Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November 27, 2023
Posted: 27th November 2023
A COVID-19 vaccine protest at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in 2021. Credit: Anthony Crider via Wikimedia Commons. Changes made.
LEILA F. BARRAZA, ERICA N. WHITE, JENNIFER L. PIATT, JAMES G. HODGE
COVID vaccines went ‘on trial.’ Are routine childhood vaccine mandates at risk?
With routine contagions like measles and mumps making comebacks and new infectious conditions always on the horizon, the legal and political rejection of vaccine mandates during the pandemic is conflicting with proven public health practices, write four experts in public health law. Read more.
YUSUF CAN
How disinformation shapes the Israeli-Hamas conflict—and millions of minds
A single Tweet or TikTok can’t explain decades, if not centuries, of historical background in the Israeli-Hamas conflict, yet they can shape the minds of individuals, influence their reactions, and even sway policymaking, writes a coordinator at the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program. Read more.
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RUMTIN SEPASSPOUR
A new “all-hazards” approach for reducing multiple catastrophic threats
Nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies are very different threats, but they are not disconnected. Focusing on the connections between them will save energy and resources by combating multiple threats at once, argues a researcher focused on the policy of global catastrophic risk. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Binance became the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in part because of the crimes it committed — now it is paying one of the largest corporate penalties in US history.”
— US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, “Binance CEO steps down; crypto platform hit with record $4.3 billion in damages,” NBC News
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