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Filmmaker\u00a0James Cameron said in a new interview that the U.S. rejection of science and vaccines out of the COVID-19 pandemic drove him to move to New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview on the “In Depth with Graham Bensinger<\/a>” podcast, Cameron discussed his reason for relocating permanently to New Zealand, where he both lives and spent years working on the “Avatar” movies.<\/p>\n

Bensinger noted that the United States is “a fantastic place to live,” prompting Cameron to ask, “Is it?”<\/p>\n

“But New Zealand is just stunningly beautiful,” Bensinger said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m not there for scenery, I\u2019m there for the sanity,” Cameron replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cameron said that the U.S.’s handling of the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic revealed that many were skeptical of science and lacked unity in a common cause.<\/p>\n

“After the pandemic hit\u2026 [New Zealand] had eliminated the virus completely,” Cameron said. “They actually eliminated the virus twice. The third time, when it showed up in a mutated form, it broke through. But fortunately, they already had a 98% vaccination rate. This is why I love New Zealand. People there are, for the most part, sane as opposed to the United States, where you had a 62% vaccination rate, and that\u2019s going down \u2013 going the wrong direction.”<\/p>\n

The coronavirus pandemic struck the world during President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s first term in office in 2020, leading to millions of deaths, including more than one million in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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“Are you kidding me? Where would you rather live?” Cameron said. “A place that actually believes in science and is sane and where people can work together cohesively to a common goal, or a place where everybody\u2019s at each other\u2019s throats, extremely polarized, turning its back on science and basically would be in utter disarray if another pandemic appears.”<\/p>\n

Cameron did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cameron, best known for directing movies like “The Terminator,” “Titanic,” and “Avatar,”\u00a0has been a frequent Trump critic.<\/p>\n

The Oscar-winning director had recently criticized\u00a0the Trump administration\u2019s decision to roll back environmental protections, calling the commander-in-chief\u00a0the “most narcissistic a—— in history since f—— Nero.” He argued the White House is helping to send the human race “backwards.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, Cameron\u00a0told New Zealand outlet Stuff<\/u><\/a> in January that he found the president\u2019s re-election “horrifying.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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