It's just this weird disconnect...
Like, I understand in a general way that it may not be necessarily wise to leave 100% of our decisions to the scientific community, particularly in terms of this virus when there is still a lack of consensus within the scientific community regarding many aspects of the virus.
However, it's hard for me to understand how those without a scientific background in, say, virology or immunology are by default just totally dismissive of such scientists in terms of what they have to say. Is this dismissiveness borne out of fear that should these scientists turn out to be correct about some aspects of the virus this would necessitate a change in the way we live? And that people are afraid of such a change? Or, as you say, how these non-scientists will cite some link from their non-scientist Aunts Facebook page as a counter-argument...then, when you research the link, it ends up being some clip from some half-assed Anonymous wanna-be blathering in a modulated voice about how covid either isn't real and is a con cooked up by the Illuminati to turn us into sheeple OR how the virus was something Obama invented via funding a biolab in Wuhan 5 years ago in order to deny Trump a 2nd term.
Like, I understand in a general way that it may not be necessarily wise to leave 100% of our decisions to the scientific community, particularly in terms of this virus when there is still a lack of consensus within the scientific community regarding many aspects of the virus.
However, it's hard for me to understand how those without a scientific background in, say, virology or immunology are by default just totally dismissive of such scientists in terms of what they have to say. Is this dismissiveness borne out of fear that should these scientists turn out to be correct about some aspects of the virus this would necessitate a change in the way we live? And that people are afraid of such a change? Or, as you say, how these non-scientists will cite some link from their non-scientist Aunts Facebook page as a counter-argument...then, when you research the link, it ends up being some clip from some half-assed Anonymous wanna-be blathering in a modulated voice about how covid either isn't real and is a con cooked up by the Illuminati to turn us into sheeple OR how the virus was something Obama invented via funding a biolab in Wuhan 5 years ago in order to deny Trump a 2nd term.
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