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Recently, I wrote about some burgeoning academics who were fretting that some Americans, primarily those who do their homework and follow COVID-19 research findings, correctly view science as a process rather than an institution. From the academics’ commentary, it is clear they belong to the “science is settled” crowd and believe membership in a bureaucracy or research institution grants some unimpeachable authority. It is astonishing that anyone can cling to this belief after the last 16 months.
Politico seem to have the same perspective. They wrote an entire think piece bemoaning the scrutiny into Dr. Anthony Fauci, the patron saint of COVID-19, following the disclosure of his e-mails during the pandemic. Their screed is full of misdirection and assumptions and it positions the well-deserved criticism and skepticism of the octogenarian bureaucrat as a solely right-wing phenomenon. As an example:
US News: NEW DELHI: The US government’s top infectious disease scientist, Dr Anthony Fauci, is in the eye of a storm after hundreds of his private emails were .
Fauci: Look, I changed my positions as the science changed hotair.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hotair.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Beyond Fauci's fraud in denying the engineering likelihood, which deserves major investigation, there's two other points that need to be discussed; and we will not see them in the media.