Most likely, they've confused "The science" with a selected scientist, a claimed scientific consensus, or the scientific establishment.
The confusion stems from a common misconception - an improper line many people draw between scientists working for corporations and scientists working for universities or government agencies.
While most people understand that corporate scientists tend to support positions that serve corporate interests, many have been fooled into believing that academic and government scientists serve objective scientific truth.
Because the greatest form of scientific flattery is building upon someone else's work, promotions and prestigious appointments invariably go to scientists who confirm that their supervisors moved "The science" in the right direction, and push it a little bit further in that same direction.
How many of the Americans who've followed Fauci understand that what they've been following is not "The science," but rather an idiosyncratic scientist who views the drastic impositions on our lives as having "Nothing to do with liberty."
Far too many Americans place credentialed experts on a pedestal, confuse their personal and professional biases with objective science, and hide from the open inquiry that's supposed to animate scientific investigation.
If you want to follow the science, you must first study, question, and understand the science.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/25/stop_trusting_the_experts_145814.html
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