[craigc]

“Trust the science” in the age of Covid is more or less a euphemism for “Fall in line and don’t question what the ’experts’ say”. When you look at what has happened to people who have questioned things such as lockdowns and mask wearing, it makes it even less likely that more will. Some have been fired from their jobs, banned or censored on social media, demonetized on YouTube, etc. We should always encourage people to question things and think outside the box because that is the only way we make progress. The speed at which people shoot down competing ideas and ideas they don’t like in this day and age is very dangerous especially when the “experts” we are listening to often have financial incentives to keep things working the way they are.

This article is pretty good on the surface, but I wanted to point out that terms the author uses such as “climate change denialism” and “anti-vaxxer” are themselves derogatory terms meant to attack and demean people who question official established scientific narratives. For example, Robert F. Kennedy was recently banned from Instagram for his views on vaccines. It is the mainstream consensus that he is an “anti-vaxxer”, but if you actually read what he writes and watch videos where he talks, all he wants is transparency and accountability for big pharmaceutical companies who have rushed Vaccines to market with minimal testing, have legal indemnity against lawsuits due to emergency use authorizations, and stand to make many billions of dollars in profits. I urge people to read this post from him:

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/robert-kenney-jr...

I hope one day we will be able able to speak our minds once again without worrying about the repercussions