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This article states a ton of things that are very clearly opinions as if they are hard facts. For example: >His evidence-backed view that school lockdowns were
by alexb_ 4y ago
This article states a ton of things that are very clearly opinions as if they are hard facts. For example:
>His evidence-backed view that school lockdowns were being driven by teacher unions, not data, and would do long-term harm to children, has been proven correct. Similarly, his view was correct that vaccines were not stopping the transmission of COVID and thus mandates were pointless. Yet he was silenced, and no debate was allowed.
It really undermines the message here.
- alexfromapex 4y agoIt seems strange that they would post this claim without verifying its veracity since they are a news outlet, do you have evidence they are opinions and not factually based?
- jakelazaroff 4y agoWhat do you mean? You can’t verify the veracity of an opinion.
- glitcher 4y agoExtraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. "vaccines were not stopping the transmission of COVID and thus mandates were pointless" I don't think it's very controversial to acknowledge that "mandates were pointless" is an opinion. There are many ways one might legitimately debate mandate policies, but using the claim that vaccines didn't stop transmission completely sure smells like a bad faith argument (again, of an opinion, not a fact).