I masked too. Still have some leftover KN95s. But I feel like lessons were probably learned the first time around and there are things that we as a society shouldn't repeat.
Science requires us to challenge received 'truth' and seek out better evidence. But that questioning challenges our baked-in respect for authority.
thedailyeconomy.org
“Attacks on me, quite frankly, are attacks on science,” Fauci said. “All of the things I have spoken about, consistently, from the very beginning, have been fundamentally based on science.”
This statement was not true, as Fauci’s own statements later made clear. But even worse, Fauci was treating criticism of his policies as attacks on science.
In a sense, Fauci was embracing the Fallacy of Authority, and it was a strategy adopted by others.