> before covid made disease doom a political issue Seeing how the hyper-policization of covid "facts" made common-sense discussion almost impossible has been i

> before covid made disease doom a political issue Seeing how the hyper-policization of covid "facts" made common-sense discussion almost impossible has been interesting to me. It's not the first time I've noticed it, but it's probably the clearest example in my experience of how once something becomes politicized and lines are drawn (and/or litmus tests identified), rational public discourse becomes extremely difficult/impossible.