-—...scammers like McCullough keep pushing back...-—
So Peter McCullough, a medical doctor and scholar with the most peer-reviewed publications of any scientist in history, including research on kidney and heart disease, is a scammer and a charlatan. But we should listen to you? A keyboard warrior who is a self-described expert? Methinks you protest too much.
Peruse his many papers at the site below:
https://typeset.io/authors/peter-a-mccullough-28e66jgez9
Medical doctors are not experts in subjects outside of their area of specialization. McCullough is a cardiologist, meaning he has ZERO expertise on infectious disease and countermeasures. His decision to create and spread Covid vaccine misinformation makes him a charlatan, regardless of his past work in cardiology. The number of articles on the subject of cardiovascular disease and kidney disease related to cardiovascular problems that list him as an author is irrelevant. Those are not articles on infectious disease.
But look at this publication history: Anthony S. Fauci, with 1071 citations in PubMed. So, not only does Dr. Fauci have an impressive list of publications, but they are all on the topic of infectious disease.
But you'll reject the expertise of a real infectious disease researcher/physician because, reasons.
When the conspiracies you read tell you to reject anything actual infectious disease physicians and/or researchers say about Covid while elevating some guy who doesn't know squat about infectious disease, there is something wrong with the conspiracies. This is why I say that believing the conspiracies is not a result of rational or logical thought.
Area of expertise is important.
I don't know anything about cardiology, auto repair, or architecture. By your "reasoning," I am, therefore, the most qualified person to do your heart surgery, fix your car, and draw up blueprints for your next house.