Across the political spectrum, pundits claim to be “[listening] to the scientists” while asserting that individuals they don’t agree with are not. In addition to being an inane response, that exhortation implicitly suggests that there is a scientific consensus on policy. There is not: not among laymen, and certainly not among experts.
It tends to break down this way. On one side are pro-lockdown experts, focused exclusively on the novel coronavirus and Covid-19: blindly following their unmovable biases pursuing self-promotional, Faucian interviews to increase citations. On the other side are the few willing to speak against the ‘run and hide’ narrative, risking their careers, reputations, and possibly their and their families’ safety. Consequently, we have an apparent “consensus” driven by the left-dominant view: that lockdowns are essential until a vaccine is developed.
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