How “Trust the Science” Became “Question the Science”

 On October 31st, The Atlantic released a piece titled, “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty. Let’s focus on the future, and fix the problems we still need to solve.” Just like that, the last two years are over; let’s get amnesty and move on like nothing ever happened.

While researching this article, someone mentioned how interesting it was that the term used was “amnesty.” Not forgiveness, but amnesty. I agree that this was an interesting choice of words, so I looked into the word’s meaning.

According to Websters, we read the following:

Amnesty: to pardon (someone) officially, often before a trial or conviction.

That is quite an interesting choice of words because there is no trial or conviction here. But if there was one, who would be on the stand? Would it be the scientists who mandated laws that caused more harm than good? Or would it be the media companies who silenced so many voices?

Amnesty may be the right choice of words here because those scientists and media played a massive role in negatively affecting individuals through these mandates and censorship. Many individuals lost jobs, family members, and more due to the last two years, and many scientists and media outlets who pushed down the laws of the past two years are starting to realize that....<<<Read More>>>...