This is Ben. He is immunocompromised and cannot be vaccinated...

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36. "Opened to varied opinion" is problematic in the case of science. Like Fox News "Fair and Balanced"

The thing is, when you enter into science and present scientific theory, you DO get dismissed at first. You're opinion doesn't get respect, at first. Happened with continental drift—dismissed as nonsense. Happened with black holes. Mocked as nonsense. THAT is the kitchen you're entering with scientific theories and if you can't take the heat, don't go in.

Once you present enough facts and data, then you'll get more respect and eventually, maybe, even be vindicated. But this is not politics or morality where each side might have some rights, some wrongs and they should all be respectful. This is science. Put up or shut up—with data!

And that's the way it should be with science; because it is a dangerous and slippery slope to act on scientific opinions that have no research, studies, facts or tests to support them—just fears, suspicions, doubts, or faith. Do otherwise and you end up in the Fox News camp saying that St. Nicholas was white because that's the opposite of what certain people believe (never mind the facts) and that opinion should be given equal weight and consideration to the assertion that he was not white.

Should science, whose job it is to put out factual data, really be respectful and open to every opinion based on a person's beliefs, doubts, fears, suspicions rather than years of solid study and research?