I don't think science should be the sole reasoning behind every decision, but you gotta have some gotdamn common sense and right now the anti-science people are lacking common sense as well.
Rethugs have convinced dumb red state voters that science, education, and experience don’t matter. They’ve convinced the uneducated that the educated don’t know what they are talking about.
Climate Change? Nah those climate scientists don’t know what they are talking about.
Covid 19 is becoming a greater and greater problem? Nah, don’t listen to doctors, especially Fauci, as they are wrong about a lot.
Negative press? Nah, that’s just the deep state creating fake news to stop the messiah Trump from winning again.
Etc.,etc