[holler]

> Spreading FUD about this contact-tracing initiative will literally result in more deaths.

This comment seems to highlight the OP's main point, namely that the idea of discussion/debate is being removed, replaced with right-think.

[mckirk]

Facts are facts, and if somebody publishes an article spreading falsehoods, the discussion of those points should begin and end with "yeah, that's wrong, please get your story straight".