News outlets are all reporting on Trump nominating Robert F Kennedy as US secretary of health and human services. And these outlets typically describe RFK as a “vaccine skeptic.”
A skeptic is “a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.”
Skepticism is a powerful force against groupthink. I’m a practitioner, and a fan.
Someone who questions or doubts facts demonstrable well beyond a shadow of a doubt – like that vaccination saves lives – isn’t a skeptic.
They’re just wrong.