take into account the fear of people --- thank you for this great article that I agree with. At least recently, my feeling is that leaders are hiding more behind fear of people than behind the science. Two examples are booster shots for anybody, and the closure of borders. For both scientific evidence at the moment is not in support of these measures, but they give people a feeling of safety. But I remember cases from last year where "hiding behind science" to justify not giving permission to opposition parties to run election campaigns (but at the same time not postponing the elections) were used in certain countries (ex. Myanmar)

Source author: Katharina Beyer katharina.beyer@etu.unige.ch