An expert in the field is more likely to be right compared to someone who isn't an expert. Their opinion should carry greater weight
My mother at 14 after a car accident was considered as lost cause and by opinion of expert she should be dead, but survived only because her relative with much less medical expertise believed in second opinion and got her in different hospital. Sometimes, these stupid parroted ideas about expert opinions can only be proven wrong by personal experience only. But quite many people do not learn from their own mistakes, so, meh - there is no cure for stupid people, who can't think by themselves.
PS Every covid mutation so far has put scientists on alert...
Is that the case here?
There’s an overlap with hard left and a few other niche political views as well. Though with less victimhood and more consistency at times.
Personally, I care very little for appeal to authority myself. The bias among experts based on their political views is generally going to be very high.