Not skipping. Acknowledged. And the fact remains that this erodes trust in science, and government. And that's especially true when the justification advertised isn't the one you've given.
Instead it was a media effort to demonize scientists who gave their expert opinions if they were not in line with a particular narrative. Agreeable or not, right or wrong, moral or immoral that's not science.
Disagreement and free speech are necessary for science. And when you remove that, whether your reasons are dire or not, breaks the scientific approach to information. And that works, as expected, to erode trust. For better or worse, that's the cost of attempting to control the conversation.
Okay so you’re going with even given the circumstances. That means you need to provide cites for how, at the time and given the information they had, their decision making was flawed.
Further, it means you can't just jump back to free-speech absolutism. Please explain how, at the time and given the circumstances, their actions were flawed to the point of deserving the criticism you're dishing out.
I'm not saying they were right or wrong. I'm saying, avoidable or not, trust in science and the government should be a factor in deciding what's best. Seems to me like, if it was, we'd have fewer articles like this one. Start by discrediting theories with results that adhere to scientific rigor.
I did. The reviewers of the Pfizer vaccine were the researchers. Every one an employee of Pfizer. That's an F grade in any chem lab course. At least any paper I would grade.
Instead it was a media effort to demonize scientists who gave their expert opinions if they were not in line with a particular narrative. Agreeable or not, right or wrong, moral or immoral that's not science.
Disagreement and free speech are necessary for science. And when you remove that, whether your reasons are dire or not, breaks the scientific approach to information. And that works, as expected, to erode trust. For better or worse, that's the cost of attempting to control the conversation.