Corollary question: How do you help people who've been tricked realize they were mislead by 'false prophets'? I also thought COVID-19 would be a nothing-burger

Corollary question: How do you help people who've been tricked realize they were mislead by 'false prophets'? I also thought COVID-19 would be a nothing-burger, and told everyone about the time I tricked one of my passengers into believing calamity was imminent. I hired an animator to tell the story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24881670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24881670 The elephant in the COVID-19 discussion is Oxygen Toxicity [0]. I have seen precious little discussion of the Science-Fact that breathing air with >21% oxygen causes deterioration, and that ventilators cause barotrauma (damage caused by pressure differentials). Sometimes people seem to benefit from supplemental oxygen, but incorporation of the antidote for oxygen toxicity would help them recover lung function, rather than just keep them barely alive. [0] https://www.taxiwars.org/2021/06/folly-medical-hyperventilation.html https://www.taxiwars.org/2021/06/folly-medical-hyperventilat... @Farid__Jalali tweeted about how to properly treat COVID-19 with cyproheptadine [1] and other repurposed drugs. The medical establishment didn't care, and mostly used worthless remdisivir and other harmful drugs. COVID-19 would've been a nothing-burger, if they didn't have a vaccine to sell. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28911223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28911223 I amused myself by submitting a poll, Poll: Do you find Humanity's lack of science-faith disturbing? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28908797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28908797 As to your question, I used to place too much faith in the pronouncements of Materialist Science. Experience has helped me appreciate the limitations of the mechanical world view.