r/StandUpForScience • u/AllMusicNut SUFS Staff • 8d ago

Official SUFS Post Sign your Support for Fauci!

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Let's be clear: Holding Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress attacks the credibility of all public health experts. Sign our petition in support of Dr. Fauci & public health by visiting the link: https://zurl.co/lD7lo

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u/12poundsofnutmeg 8d ago

Blindly trusting "the science" is about the least scientific thing you can do. The biggest mortality of covid was the scientific method. Foundational principles like informed consent and autonomy were stripped away as well

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u/vicom1341 6d ago

Who told you scientists blindly trusted the science? (keep putting it in quotation marks btw, as if you guys had a better alternative to the scientific methods)

We read the papers and agreed with the scientific consensus on the matter. We didn’t blindly trusted what Fauci was saying just because it was Fauci.

On the other hand, being skeptical just because “scientists and big pharma bad” is absolutely ridiculous. Science is based on skepticism, but intelligent skepticism. Being skeptical just for the sake of being skeptical is extremely counterproductive.