'As a scientistic credo, “Follow the
science” doesn’t just abrogate leaders’ accountability as
decision-makers. It also does violence to the nature of science, which
seldom offers the clear-cut, politically useful conclusions that
politicians want.'
Authored by Nathan Worcester: To hear the way some politicians talk, when it comes to COVID-19, they’re all “following the science,” not to mention “the data.”
“Look at the data. Follow the science. Listen to the experts. Be smart,” now-former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote on Twitter in May 2020, after “Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve” had fully transitioned to “The New Normal.”
“We’ve been operating on facts and data and science from the very beginning,” said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in a campaign ad titled simply “Follow The Science.”