That's what drives me up the wall about the left. They lose their minds if you want to get a second opinion, especially if that opinion disagrees with the authority figures that they trust. A hundred years ago the "scientific consensus" was telling people that a gauze mask was 99% effective against the flu, and if you didn't wear one they'd throw you in jail. It doesn't logically follow that today's mandates are also ineffective (that's a different debate) but it is a good reason to question what we're being told. This whole pandemic has turned into a modern-day Galileo affair, persecuting anyone who dares to suggest that being popular doesn't necessarily make you right. Scientists are not all-knowing gods and it's okay to be a skeptic, even if you stand alone against the whole world.
That's what drives me up the wall about the left. They lose their minds if you want to get a second opinion, especially if that opinion disagrees with the authority figures that they trust. A hundred years ago the "scientific consensus" was telling people that a gauze mask was 99% effective against the flu, and if you didn't wear one they'd throw you in jail. It doesn't logically follow that today's mandates are also ineffective (that's a different debate) but it is a good reason to question what we're being told. This whole pandemic has turned into a modern-day Galileo affair, persecuting anyone who dares to suggest that being popular doesn't necessarily make you right. Scientists are not all-knowing gods and it's okay to be a skeptic, even if you stand alone against the whole world.