There's a weird disconnect in this vaccine mandate debate: many are still pretending that Covid-19 is of natural origin, which gives such mandates a different feel than they otherwise have.
And for what it's worth, I think it's actually very important that they be blamed for this, because we do need a credible scientific establishment to do things like validate vaccines for the public, and the best way to restore credibility is for there to be obvious consequences.
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Making an example out of people who made knowingly erroneous statements about COVID origins would go a long way toward restoring public trust that the scientific community isn't just a mouthpiece, and that it actually punishes actors who propagandize.
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Obviously you will never get 100% of the people to trust you, but you don't need to. Getting to 80% or 90% actually wouldn't be that hard if the scientific establishment were overhauled to start only stating things that they actually know, instead of just their opinions.
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