Opinion: Believers in science must take action when recommendations breach public health
Medical practitioners and public health officials work within boundaries that, when crossed by others, can harm the people they are entrusted to protect. When these red lines are crossed, the medical and scientific community can — and should — speak out against it.
This process recently played out in Florida following a warning by the state’s Surgeon General that young adult men should not be vaccinated against Covid-19 by mRNA vaccines, the most commonly administered Covid-19 vaccine type.
