As a Chemical Engineer, science, data, and facts are part of my decision-making process.
The War on Science, Data, and Facts Is a War on Democracy, Life, Progress, and Civility.
In a time when facts and science are being muzzled, American democracy is the real victim and people’s lives are at stake because of misinformation/lies.
We have seen laws enacted on a “Big Lie” the former President propagated about his election loss. This moment in time calls for those of us that know better to do better.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts.
The anti-science/anti-expertise movement runs counter to us forming a more perfect union. In a very real sense, it attempts to deny us of our “self-evident truths,” and is responsible for denying some of our fellow citizens of their lives and their loved ones’ continued pursuit of happiness. We know this because 99.5% of those dying of COVID today are un-vaccinated. It does not have to be this way; these senseless deaths are the result of the right’s disinformation campaign around vaccines specifically and its general disregard and disrespect for science and those experts who use it to make our lives better.
Science, data, and facts, matter. If you have used a cell phone, guess what; science, data, and facts manufactured it. If you watch TV, use medication to mitigate pain or serious illness, drive a car, live in a house or an apartment, science, data, and facts were used to engineer them.
I am asking the readers of my webpage to continue to seek the truth and make decisions based on facts.