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This infuriated me during the Covid pandemic. “The science says we need to close schools”. No, the science at most says that Covid will spread more slowly if we
by School-Cotton 4y ago
This infuriated me during the Covid pandemic. “The science says we need to close schools”. No, the science at most says that Covid will spread more slowly if we close schools. Whether that’s worth it or not is a political question, not a scientific one.
- akvadrako 4y agoThey are using the word science differently, to mean Science, as in "the group of recognized (by us) authorities on a subject".
- LawTalkingGuy 4y agoThey're including policy people in with the scientific people though, as "the science".