Of course. And John Ioannidis. And Jay Bhattacharya. And Martin Kulldorf. And Stefan Baral. And Sunetra Gupta. And Vinay Prasad. And dozens of other acclaimed researchers who represent the core of the incredible, laudable, essential, dear sciences of epidemiology and evidence-based medicine.
An entire generation of the top experts in these fields were sidelined, and the spotlight suddenly shifted to nervous second-stringers in order to present the appearance of a vibrant debate in front of profiteering media, piped into television screens in the waiting rooms of daycare centers where under-privileged two-year-olds were forced to put cloth across their face for no reason.
It's obvious to everyone, and yet the apperance of debate is still kept up through not only through dishonest pundits, but botnets on reddit and, I fear, even here on HN.
It's wild.
But we'll overcome it. Don't let it get you down. The scientific method endures and it will eventually win out. People are getting more and more literate and younger ages. The facade is nearly finished.
