And where is the data? I was having a discussion just today with a highly educated colleague about how we just accept the word, via the media, from the experts on the data. We are capable of interpreting this sort of data.

That's the thing - everything has devolved into generalizations - which we are supposed to believe in.

The day i realized, around Feb-Mar 2020, that my thinking about science was based on a 'faith in scientists', was the day i lost my faith.

Science is not supposed to be a religion - just give us the details and let us decide for ourselves.