The Unscientific Attack on the Science of Dr. Scott Atlas

Townhall.com ^ | October 1, 2020 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Kaslin]

The news media until recently had rarely criticized the medical advice of experts -- especially those who worked for federal bureaucracies, international organizations, or elite universities.

Yet the much-praised Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, has demonstrably weakened the effort to fight COVID-19.

During the critical initial weeks of the virus's spread, Tedros parroted Chinese propaganda. He falsely assured a complacent world that the virus was likely not transmissible between humans and did not warrant travel bans. That Tedros was the first WHO director not to have a medical degree was seldom cited by the media.

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is known to the public for his past advocacy of the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act. Although he now advises 77-year-old presidential candidate Joe Biden, Emanuel once wrote an article for The Atlantic titled "Why I hope to die at 75," contending that that life after age 75 is, and should be, mostly over -- now an eerie idea in a time of a pandemic that targets the elderly.

Emanuel has often weighed in on the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes in overly pessimistic fashion by suggesting that some acquired collective immunity and a viable vaccine were not likely to come soon.

Yet Emanuel also has been largely exempt from media criticism. No reporters have questioned his epidemiological expertise despite his background as an oncologist specializing in breast cancer.

[Spok]

Science has been hijacked by the Marxists at the expense of truth. The next step is for the propagandists to convince us that 1+1=3.

[Gene Eric]

The best of the Left are arrogant B-grade jackwagons.

[AFB-XYZ]

Once again: Do NOT give "the media" attention. They have no power other than what they are GIVEN by We The People. Disregard them. Shun them. Go around them. Find other ways to get and communicate information (which Freepers are already doing, which deserves very big kudos). That's the only way to break "the media's" hold on the minds of the American people.

[Mase]

For later...

[Buckeye McFrog]

Science has been hijacked by the Marxists at the expense of truth.

Which is something that is much more likely to kill us than COVID.

[Maris Crane]

And, of course, we all know that Dr. Emanuel is the brother of the former mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel.

Stamp his statements “Not Valid.”

[magooey]

Emanuel once wrote an article for The Atlantic titled "Why I hope to die at 75," contending that that life after age 75 is, and should be, mostly over -- now an eerie idea in a time of a pandemic that targets the elderly.

That's odd. There was a mathematician by the name of Viteoris who wrote a research paper when he was in his 80's. He later published his last paper at age 103 and passed away age 110. Emanual can keep his opinion to himself.