Those who have been following the Covid scare closely realize that there are no more deaths this year than any other year.  This became interesting when John Hopkins published an article saying the same thing.  Covid skeptics (normal thinking people) began spreading this around the internet because this is obviously intriguing data coming from a prestigious source.  So what did John Hopkins do?  THEY SHUT IT DOWN!  Nope, there is no room for debate.  Covid is really really bad and we can’t have an adult discussion about something that everyone knows is really really bad.  Does this sound like a free society that engages in free debate or does this seem like something totally different?  Science should be discussed.  All science has opposing sides.  That is how science works.  All new theories and paradigms were once minority opinions and often considered unthinkable to the prevailing views of the time.  The difference is, throughout most of Western Civilization since the Enlightenment, we did not suppress opposing scientific views.  Now we live in a new era.  Citizens and even medical professionals are not allowed to have an opposing opinion.  Debate is longer an option.  You HAVE to believe that this is the worst disease ever because your betters told you so.  Science comes from on high from government bureaucrats in lab coats.  There is no discussion allowed, not even in academia. If you question the orthodoxy whatsoever, you are a threat to the society as whole and must be suppressed.