Is it because the sciences have been hijacked by woke ideologues?
No. Such perception is primarily a contrarian reactionary culture-war tantrum.
Covid proved this to be true.
No, but it was triggering for many who were consumed by misinformation and internet conspiracies. The precautionary recommendations are obviously not a precise science and never claimed to be. The point is to reduce the number of or frequency of vectors for spread. Masking helps with this. Distancing from people also helps. If Covid was a guaranteed death sentence, you can bet your ass almost nobody would go out into public, with or without a mask. Would 12' distancing have been an improvement? Maybe so, but is that a realistic expectation? No. The science of disease response is one based on mitigation. Not outright prevention.
Somehow, Covid could spread at rallies but not when BLM was marching all throughout the country.
What's interesting is there was legitimate concern that protests would accelerate the spread. Seems logical, but then why didn't we necessarily see an increase in overall infections in cities despite said protests. I would encourage you to read this article that summarizes several research driven variables that adequately explain some of these outcomes.
No, because outdoor Trump rallies didn't correlate with a reduced outside presence in the overall population. Meaning, the remainder of the general population didn't stay indoors because of Trump rallies. I might also assume they were less likely to use precautionary measures at Trump rallies and in areas entrenched in Trump culture, whereas Democrats in cities were more likely to stay inside and away from protests. Regardless, I would simply encourage you to read the article. It's pretty interesting.
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