emeritrix on Nostr: Why is the right wing hosting covid-denying events at academic institutions? Gregg ...
Why is the right wing hosting covid-denying events at academic institutions?
Gregg Gonsalves in the Nation says, "Some have suggested this is about “auditioning” for the next Trump administration as much as it is trying to rewrite the history of the pandemic. Both are in part probably true. But if you zoom out and think about these meetings in the context of the right’s war on higher education, I believe the purpose becomes clearer. . . .
just as the Federalist Society has established influence over law schools and the judiciary, the Covid contrarians and their supporters would like to do the same for medicine and public health, by mainstreaming their views—both in academic settings and then in public policy—by sheer brute force. They won’t give up, and they have the money and resources to continue their campaigns."
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stanford-covid-symposium-misinformation/
#CovidIsNotOver
For more on the Stanford shenanigans, see also Important Context
https://www.importantcontext.news/p/stanford-university-to-welcome-fringe
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https://www.importantcontext.news/p/embarrassing-and-disappointing-stanford
Gregg Gonsalves in the Nation says, "Some have suggested this is about “auditioning” for the next Trump administration as much as it is trying to rewrite the history of the pandemic. Both are in part probably true. But if you zoom out and think about these meetings in the context of the right’s war on higher education, I believe the purpose becomes clearer. . . .
just as the Federalist Society has established influence over law schools and the judiciary, the Covid contrarians and their supporters would like to do the same for medicine and public health, by mainstreaming their views—both in academic settings and then in public policy—by sheer brute force. They won’t give up, and they have the money and resources to continue their campaigns."
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stanford-covid-symposium-misinformation/
#CovidIsNotOver
For more on the Stanford shenanigans, see also Important Context
https://www.importantcontext.news/p/stanford-university-to-welcome-fringe
&
https://www.importantcontext.news/p/embarrassing-and-disappointing-stanford