Bhattacharya: Government Wanted To Create An Illusion Of Consensus About The Science, That There Was No Debate | Video | RealClearPolitics
“What they wanted to do, this is I think government actors and also old media, old owners of Twitter, they wanted to create this illusion of consensus about The Science that didn’t actually exist,” he said. “They wanted to fool people into thinking that we are following the science when there was a robust debate among scientists about what the right thing to do was. And the consequence is schools closed, businesses closed, unvaccinated people lost their jobs because of mandates even though none of the persuasive science actually supported any of those positions. People suffered as a consequence of this censorship. And of course it is an abstract violation of my civil rights and First Amendment rights. But that’s not the important thing. The important thing is that American people denied an honest debate. And I believe had that honest debate taken place, none of those policies would have been put in place and all the suffering could have been avoided.”
“The important thing is that American people [were] denied an honest debate. And I believe had that honest debate taken place, none of those policies would have been put in place and all the suffering could have been avoided.”
Exactly.