[dijonman2]

Open discussion was never acceptable, even here on HN. I was quickly downvoted for saying anything against masking and vaccinations. Not even objecting, mere questions elicited this reaction.

[CharlesW]

Sometimes, heroes will lose karma points when they caution people against best practices. This is the price heroes pay.

[fdewrewrewf]

"Best practices", like mass vaccination of a group of people for whom the vaccine may have been more risky than the disease?

[fdewrewrewf]

We always were at war with eastasia.

[hackerlight]

So you're admitting that open discussion was accepted. Only people disagreed with what you were saying.

[peyton]

It was pretty ridiculous. Anyone who’s interacted with health policy at the national level knows it’s just a big power game. Anthony Fauci doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking “what can I do for the American people?”—he wakes up thinking “Todd from the VA was an asshole at that budget hearing. What can I do about that?”

[Erem]

Can you please upgrade your comment from base slander to legitimate critique by providing any reasonable source to help us understand this perspective