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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ones who scream the loudest about #science! tend to be the most illiterate, in my experience. No one reads the actual studies. Social media has opened my eyes to so many friends and acquaintances who always seemed really smart, but really aren’t.[/quote]

No I think it's the people calling for Fauci to be prosecuted, Nuremberg style, who are the most scientifically illiterate.[/quote]

If we are to be honest, Fauci did lie/distort/obscure many things surrounding COVID, the origin of COVID, and the effectiveness of the vaccines and masking as well as handling children and COVID. He was not upfront about a great deal of things and that is what infuriates people.

I'm a firm believer in the effectiveness of the vaccine but even I can tell Fauci was less than honest and went out of his way to shut down scientific debates on the origin of COVID early and whether it was natural or created in the Wuhan lab. He was very much part of the politicization of COVID. He surely justified it in the name of greater public good, but at the same time there's no disputing he blatantly lied about a lot of things. And being deliberately vague and careful in certain word usage to imply something while making sure the word used doesn't guarantee it is no different from lying.

As OP is talking about scientifically literate, a good example would be understanding the difference between science and public health policy, which is not the same thing. Science is based on an objective quest for truth, and during COVID we saw way too much abuse in the name of science, effectively turning it into dogma rather than a quest for truth. Like the public health officials in the summer of 2020 who mandated social distancing, except for BLM protests.

I must admit I was always amused by the in this house we believe in science mantra. You don't believe in science. You believe in religion. [/quote]

Shut up, conservative.  Adults are talking.[/quote]

Good critical argument. Science![/quote]

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