‘They were wrong’: Neil deGrasse Tyson stopped dead by interviewer’s question about vaccine

One thing that an ethical, competent scientist should never proclaim is that science is settled.

Science is constantly changing, and long-held ideas are subject to revision as new data becomes available. Anyone who claims that science irrefutably confirms a preferred political position may be acting as a propagandist, not as an expert.

In an interview on Monday, journalist Neil deGrasse Tyson, whose credibility depends on science, attempted to make a claim that “science has stood its ground”, which was used in the early stages of the pandemic to defend his political preferences regarding COVID. What he did not provide was evidence that science still supports these claims. Challenging Tyson’s theses left him speechless.

Tyson appeared on a PBD podcast hosted by Patrick Beth-David, a conservative Christian entrepreneur.

Despite being an astrophysicist, not a medical scientist, Tyson has positioned himself as an authority on vaccines and the public good in interviews. Now that Dr. Anthony Fauci has retired, Tyson may have thought there was a chance he could be the one to “represent science.”

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In 2016, The Federalist wrote about Tyson’s use of scientific reputation as a means of aligning his opinion with the facts: “When you insist that facts and evidence speak for themselves, it amusingly silences everyone else. How one fearless Twitter user responded to Tyson initial tweet“Conveniently, the ‘evidence’ always aligns with Tyson’s personal beliefs.”

A discussion on the PBD podcast suggests that Tyson’s habit of claiming scientific superiority over other points of view is still present six years later. But Beth-David was able to score a few moments that Tyson couldn’t brush off.

Speaking about the controversial COVID vaccine, Beth-David asked: “Is it fair to say that we may not know about some side effects for five, 10, 15, 20 years? They cannot say, “We know 100% of the side effects in 10 years.” How do you know?

Do you agree with Beth David?

Tyson was forced to admit: “Yeah, okay, so no, of course we can’t know that.”

At another point, when Beth-David pointed out that not all scientists agree that the vaccine works, Tyson became so confused that he had to wave his hands and call Beth-David “dude.” Tyson mentioned a hypothetical “social contract” that included vaccination so as not to infect others.

In response, Beth-David noted that experts have assured us that vaccines will prevent the spread of the disease. “They were wrong,” said Bet-David. Tyson shut up for a moment before making excuses.

The main focus of Tyson’s argument was on risk. He argued that those who were vaccinated were less likely to contract COVID, if they did it would be less serious, and that the vaccine had saved tens of millions of lives.

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Tyson’s thesis confirms the old adage that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. He acts as if the third type of lie is flawless. The problem with his claims can be summed up in a recent tweetusing statistics from Alberta, Canada.

According to the tweet, the numbers for July actually showed that only 18 percent of hospitalized COVID patients in Alberta were not vaccinated. The largest proportion of hospitalized patients – 50.93 percent – were vaccinated three times.

A Twitter user noted that the COVID figures are no longer being released as they do not support the narrative.

The tweet was a reply to another commenter who declared“It’s like they’re trying to sell us the idea of ​​how many millions of lives have been saved by this shot. It is absolutely impossible to know. Not at all. It’s completely speculation.”

Not the Bee has provided a helpful list of those who are now debunking Tyson’s claim that the vaccine prevents the spread of COVID: the Mayo Clinic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Scientific American, and White House spokesperson Dr. Deborah Birx.

The Biden administration was forced to relinquish mandates to vaccinate the military. Jimmy Fallon has been ridiculed for trying to spin the latest version of COVID. Increasingly, there are calls for accountability for how the pandemic and vaccines have been handled.

The science and politics of COVID have changed since Tyson bet on his partisan stance. A good scientist would have noticed this.

Scientists should form their hypotheses based on observed facts, and not try to twist the facts to fit pre-existing conclusions.

This article originally appeared in The Western Journal.

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