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<blockquote data-quote="Wally" data-source="post: 6076241" data-attributes="member: 46212">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-scientific-fallacy-that-spawned-covid-absolutism/[/URL]“Attacks on me, quite frankly, are attacks on science,” <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/06/09/fauci-on-gop-criticism-attacks-on-me-quite-frankly-are-attacks-on-science/" target="_blank">Fauci said</a>. “All of the things I have spoken about, consistently, from the very beginning, have been fundamentally based on science.”This statement was not true, as Fauci’s <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/science-didnt-support-6-feet-apart-pandemic-guideline-fauci-concedes/" target="_blank">own statements</a> later made clear. But even worse, Fauci was treating criticism of his policies as attacks on science. In a sense, Fauci was embracing the Fallacy of Authority, and it was a strategy adopted by others. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wally, post: 6076241, member: 46212"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-scientific-fallacy-that-spawned-covid-absolutism/[/URL] [I][FONT=times new roman]“Attacks on me, quite frankly, are attacks on science,” [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2021/06/09/fauci-on-gop-criticism-attacks-on-me-quite-frankly-are-attacks-on-science/']Fauci said[/URL]. “All of the things I have spoken about, consistently, from the very beginning, have been fundamentally based on science.”[/FONT][/I] [FONT=times new roman][I] This statement was not true, as Fauci’s [URL='https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/science-didnt-support-6-feet-apart-pandemic-guideline-fauci-concedes/']own statements[/URL] later made clear. But even worse, Fauci was treating criticism of his policies as attacks on science. [/I][/FONT] [I][FONT=times new roman]In a sense, Fauci was embracing the Fallacy of Authority, and it was a strategy adopted by others.[/FONT] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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