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After 2020, do public health experts deserve the public's trust as apolitical scientists? Do they have a valid claim of entitlement to discourse-monopoly regarding COVID-related policies? Should we defer in silence to their wisdom?
A thread insightfully explores these questions: https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1340703667473805312
A thread insightfully explores these questions: https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1340703667473805312
I'll never forget how public health experts & media fans spent months viciously shaming anyone who left home - to go to a deserted beach or outdoor political rally - only to shift on a dime & announce attending densely packed street protests was not only permissible but mandatory
After humiliating anyone who left home for any reason as a sociopath who wanted to kill Grandma, they instantly invented a new rationale to say that participating in mass protests was not just obligatory politically but *mandated by the public health!* https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/systemic-racism-protests-coronavirus-health-risk/
If, back in March, the Twitter/Facebook rule were in effect -- that deviating from the consensus of public health agencies like WHO will result in censorship & even banning -- you would've lost your account for encouraging people to wear masks! https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1234498746664325121
