The devolution of conservatism

Rejection of some elements of science by some conservative factions is readily explainable. Creationists cling to a pre-scientific belief system. Climate change deniers (apart from those who have a personal financial stake in fossil fuels and put greed ahead of their granchildren ' s lives) are committed to the Free Market ™ religion, which is inconsistent with anthropogenic climate change, therefore climate change must be a hoax.However, rejection of medical science does not have such a ready explanation. The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, is retiring.He has given an exit interview to CBSwhich occasions these thoughts. To be a member in good standing of the Republican party you have to believe that the Covid vaccines are ineffective and/or dangerous, but that anti-parasitic drugs are effective against the disease. For unspecified reasons, the entire medical establishment, in thrall to the evil wizard Anthony Fauci, is perpetrating a hoax on all of humanity by claiming these propositions are untrue.Dr. Fauci, under a continual barrage of death threats, requires 24 hour security protection for himself and his family. Dr. Collins is less publicly prominent, but he tells interviewer Rita Braver that he withstood pressure from the former president to endorse hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid 19. You will often read that it is unproven or there is no compelling evidence for its effectiveness. In fact, it has been definitively proven to ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - Category: American Health Source Type: blogs