Who we should believe. Should it be the experts in science and health or the President with no credentials in health or science.?
If you call a plumber to repair a leaky pipe, and he diagnoses the problem, hands you an estimate for a new piece of pipe and attachments plus his labour, you don’t typically tell him that he’s wrong and you don’t need a new pipe, only a piece of duct tape. If you have pain in your side, you go to the doctor, and he tells you that you have appendicitis and need an operation, you don’t typically tell him that he’s wrong and you only need an antacid. When things go wrong, we rely on experts to diagnose and fix the problem. Experts have specialized education, training and skills that we lack, so we trust them to take care of the problems that occur, whether with our homes, our cars, or our bodies.
Within the administration of our federal government, we have experts in all fields from the environment…
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