I think it would benefit society if people who represented themselves as authorities of truth were held personally liable for every bad thing that happened as a result of people believing them.

People like Facui are the crypto influencers of medicine. They're getting cash under the table to give bad advice which brings people to harm. This is basically fraud.

@cjd
Nah.
Most people aren't even ready to hear, that the authoretarian madness around had caused a mass distrust to all government organizations and especially healthcare for decades to come.

I agree with your second point - and actually that's probably a good thing. Centralized institutions SHOULD be distrusted.

But I don't see how that connects to the "Nah."
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You cannot punish any authority, since it's impossible to decide the effect of any decisions.

These idiots still believe they saved lives, can you believe it? Even if you pointed out the most factual data like increases in suicides, these psychos would just say: but we saved millions. No proof needed.

1. This is exactly the type of thing which courts decide every day.
2. And it doesn't matter what they think, what matters is whether a jury thinks they mislead people.
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