>“This is a very powerful adversarial force that is seeking to undermine science, and now it’s not only going after the science. It’s going after the scientists

>“This is a very powerful adversarial force that is seeking to undermine science, and now it’s not only going after the science. It’s going after the scientists,” he says. Some vague "very powerful" anti-scientist conspiracy theory is unbecoming of nature mag. You write this entire article about harassment and don't know the name to this 'adversarial force"? >Such threats to scientists aren’t new; those researching climate change and gun control, for example, have endured abuse for decades. So scientists whose feet are deep into politics and not science? Does being a scientist mean you can't ever be criticized during political topics? Gun control has basically nothing to do with science. But this reveals the truth of this entire article. >Anthony Fauci, the former director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Again, politics, not science. >Researchers say that the surge in abuse is showing no signs of slowing down, even as the pandemic itself slips from the headlines. The big change and "surge" is that scientists have gone deep into politics and are attempting to shield themselves from criticism. I get that we are moving toward a technocracy, but the rules of politics are VERY VERY different from science. >In the United States, says Hotez, “the aggression against science and scientists is coming from one political party, and the extreme element of one political party”. Again, politics. Rather biased here as well. I assume they are alleging MAGA is the 'very powerful adversarial force' but I certainly don't agree. This entire article has nothing, they do a poor job at deflecting that this is entirely about politics and not science.