Load of factors to take into account as well, such as who are academics being payed by and what are their political views. Instances of really high profile scientists trying to cover up Covid origins incase it affected their research funding, while other pushing through false results in a desperate attempt to be seen opposing Trump. On top of this we've all learned never to trust modellersIf there's one thing covid has taught us it's that learning the theory of critical thought still allows lots of room for it to be misapplied in the real world, by academics and otherwise.
""Listen to the experts" "he's a scientist"