I personally don't like much the term "deniers", because there are a lot of unknowns on this virus and what it does, and there is no agreement on many fronts.

I personally don't like much the term "deniers", because there are a lot of unknowns on this virus and what it does, and there is no agreement on many fronts. Also, doing these generalizations groups together people with very questionable theories ("It's the 5G") with others that have more nuanced criticism. Personally (and yes, I am a scientist) try to look up whatever is said in the media, either by journalists or experts, no matter if the results end up matching 100% what it is said (often it is less, and on some cases there is no match). I think there should be fairly high standards of scientific rigor even in published code, especially if this might impact public policy actions, like we should expect high rigor in biological and epidemiological studies.