Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
When scientists and doctors disagree you have to select which ones you place trust in. I personally don't place trust in doctors and scientists whose story has changed over the past few months. Some doctors and scientists have sang the same tune since this started and they are the ones that are shouted down as deniers and banned from social media. YMMV.
The whole goal of science is to respond to changing information as new data comes in. That's the definition of scientific progress. New conclusions are derived from new information. Why would anyone think that's a bad thing?
People who are unwilling to change in the face of new information aren't really scientists at all. The intransigence you seem to be commending is more the purview of religion and politics than science.
The only people being banned from social media are those who are spreading verifiably false misinformation and are contributing to the politicization of a public health crisis.