And what you fail to acknowledge - dishonestly so - is that that “distinction” doesn’t matter. At all. Not even a little bit. Every single physician, scientist, and statistician in the world could issue a joint statement that “this study is complete garbage and is entirely made up”….and their statement would have exactly as much import and weight as a random post on Surly. Instead, the conclusion that “vaccines cause Autism and also germs and viruses aren’t real and gay people taking poppers causes AIDS” will become law and gospel truth. That’s the whole point and the whole problem. It’s not that there’s no basis to criticize the completely made up insanity coming out of this admin, it’s that IT DOESN’T MATTER OR MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. The only way to address and stop the bullshit is to stop it before it starts. Because once issued, it becomes law on par with the law of gravity.