The article makes some good points. Much is not yet known about the pandemic, and we should listen carefully to alternative views. The article ends by saying t

The article makes some good points. Much is not yet known about the pandemic, and we should listen carefully to alternative views. The article ends by saying the problem is that the issue has been politicized, which is quite correct. But author should have said this started when Trump and a large portion of the conservative media claimed that the whole thing was a hoax, that the scientists knew the coronavirus is no more dangerous than the seasonal flu, but decided, thousands of them, to lie to the public so as to undermine the US economy and prevent Trump from being re-elected in November.