eugyppius

The good thing is, that the hypocritical talk about neutral science has once again come to an end

Yes, technocracy has taken a major blow during all of this. Possibly also with consequences for the insane environmentalist program, in longer term.

The key question that lockdown enthusiasts refuse to ask is: Is there any evidence that lockdowns prevented long covid? I have seen precious few attempts to show this. It's taken as an article of faith. Can you make the case that they did anything to prevent long covid?

It may be on the data broker level. If the media is filtering the available input to sustain a certain narrative then this will cause both hysteria in the population and pressure on the political system to „do something about it“ - both causing more input that can be re-fed. Loop

obviously there are also substantial rewards for scientists willing to support current political policies with their ‚research‘, and relevant fields like public health are already closely integrated with government.