By Dr Shane Fudge January 20, 2024           READ

Particularly from the turn of the decade, scientific credibility, and its continued authoritative cachet, has been used both to justify and mobilise huge changes in our society. For those with their eyes open, the pandemic was orchestrated by a clear alliance between governments, billionaire technocrats and mainstream science. Lockdowns, social distancing, self-isolation, mask wearing and subsequent large-scale vaccination programmes all culminated in an unprecedented transformation in attitudes, behaviours and social norms. It is evident that there will be more changes to come in relation to policy direction, service provision and economic infrastructure. All of this has been leveraged and implemented on the back of ‘scientific consensus’ around the high level of threat to the public.