alt Hacker NewsThis is fine, though somewhat belated. But it does nothing to deal with the public's growing distrust of science in general, and medical science in particular.
This is fine, though somewhat belated. But it does nothing to deal with the public's growing distrust of science in general, and medical science in particular.
The "growing distrust" is due to a concerted disinformation campaign which is independent of the facts.
There was indeed much negative information that the public was not aware of, and they should perhaps have held more skepticism than they did. But the gleeful acceptance of outright anti-science lies implies that they were never really in a position to make a sound judgment one way or the other.
In those circumstances I'll settle for people reaching the correct action: that practically all accepted medicine is correct and they should follow their doctor's advice. If they choose to over-inflate the importance of things that do indeed go wrong, then they are the ones failing to reach valid conclusions.