> Why do we let politicians rather than epidemiologists make these decisions? I think you got it exactly backwards. Politicians have successfully scapegoated t

> Why do we let politicians rather than epidemiologists make these decisions? I think you got it exactly backwards. Politicians have successfully scapegoated themselves via epidemiologists (who's first and last consideration is to minimize infections) and people who refuse vaccination (even though the vaccinated are still just as epidemiologically relevant.)