[exDemMom]

“There was a predatory, targeted, deliberate movement from the far right trying to discredit science and scientists,” Hotez said. “The narrative that’s trying to be put out there is that the scientists did something wrong.”

Hotez is wrong on one count. The antivax movement did not originate from the far right. It originated over 200 years ago from charlatans who did not want people to get smallpox vaccine. When the pandemic rolled around, they targeted the right. This was probably political: anything to discredit conservatives and undermine President Trump's efforts to quell the pandemic. The targeting of conservatives was very deliberate.

Only scientifically educated people can create very plausible sounding antivax hooey. They read the scientific papers and lie about what they say. Most conservatives--most liberals, too, for that matter--do not understand science well enough to even be able to make plausible lies about it.

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Most conservatives--most liberals, too, for that matter--do not understand science well enough to even be able to make plausible lies about it.

That was one hell of a big Freudian slip on your part, Dingbat.

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Senior US health official, tormented by conscience, reveals dangerous lab work behind Covid that Fauci covered up.https://t.co/xkdYIHPXjo— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 27, 2023

Hi Dingbat.

Remember what I kept trying to tell you early on about trust?

I'm sure that if you grab your ears with both hands, and tug really hard in the direction of your shoulders, you can pull your head out.

Give it a try, mmmmkay?