Right - "Trust the science" means that if your doctor prescribes you insulin for high blood sugar, it's likely to work and to help you live longer and healthier

Right - "Trust the science" means that if your doctor prescribes you insulin for high blood sugar, it's likely to work and to help you live longer and healthier. There are political decisions that cause it to be ruinously expensive in the US. The messy bit is where science necessarily interacts with politics.