The word, even the concept, of "science" has become so corrupted that it's unrecognizable.
Science is the application of the "scientific method" to the collection and organization of knowledge of the universe and everything in it. It's a process of constant investigation, questioning, developing, revising, testing, tearing it up and starting over, and sometimes proposing a cause or a reason.
The last thing in the world that science is, is "settled". Properly, the best science can provide is a description of things that matches the observations to date. A hypothesis, later a theory, perhaps in time, a law. There's darn few of those. I know a few - my degree is in Physics, for what that's worth.
These days, what has replaced science in public, while retaining its name, is the "narrative" -- the currently accepted platform of those in power or who would like to be in power.
Science is not a declaration, it's a question. These people are so wildly at variance with the truth about science that they don't even rise to the level of being labeled "wrong". They're not even that close.
I have a T-shirt from the company LibertarianCountry.com that has the message: "Tar And Feather The Bastards". That's pretty much my position on those who misuse, misapply, misconstrue, and misrepresent science.
I apologize for the rant. Thanks for letting me crank a bit. :-)
I enjoyed it :-)