The appearance of Covid-19 was an opportunity for charlatans. Even before the WHO declared a pandemic, they engaged in a massive coordinated effort to spread misinformation throughout social media. Although pre-pandemic, medical misinformation was targeted more or less equally across the political spectrum (or even more at the left), during the pandemic, they targeted conservatives.
I think the reason for disproportionately targeting conservatives was political. We were in an era of leftist outrage and hysteria over having a President Trump rather than some socialist president. The left went to all kinds of lengths to destabilize the country. Targeting medical misinformation at conservatives helped to both undermine the conservative movement and hamper the president's efforts to control the pandemic.
Until we can address the role of charlatans (who spread antivax propaganda and medical misinformation for personal profit) in sowing distrust of the STEM professions, this situation is not going to turn around. Most scientists are not communicators. Most scientists would rather hide in their labs or offices than try to inform the public. At the same time, our educational system is falling down on the job and failing to teach large numbers of people anything about the STEM subjects.
100% wrong. It was by design to test control within free societies. BTW, China is now experiencing::
Several countries are taking steps to prepare against the spread contagious respiratory illnesses as China battles a concerning spike in pneumonia cases.
Many parts of China have been hit by the surprising surge in the illness, which has particularly impacted children. Northern provinces in China have experienced a jump in flu-like illnesses for five weeks straight since mid-October.
Yet you still believe that asking questions regarding these illnesses being engineered are unwarranted.
I too used to have undying faith in my country, until Trump's presidency, and the bioengineered virus used to take him out, opened my eyes & killed that undying faith I had.
Who knew that innocence could be killed in someone as old as I am.
Dr Kadlec felt that Fauci had other reasons for wanting to divert attention away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He said Fauci was likely worried about his reputation if it eventuated that his agency had funded the gain-of-function research that sparked the outbreak.
Source was Pfauci's boss. I'll bet he was a right wing MAGA nationalist trying to sell supplements.
Maybe you'd better fly to DC to correct him.
Bring your calculus book!