> You might have empirical data now, and you feel that your gut feeling was correct, but merely trying to justify this now with the knowledge of hindsight feels ironically shortsighted.

This doesn't sound like something a health society would want to embrace.

This woman publicly went against the establishment narrative, which is a dangerous play in modern America (see Joe Rogan e.g.).

Well, turns out, her views were generally CORRECT. She was right. The mob was wrong.

Or at least, her opinions were as valid as the rest of us, since we're watching in real time as the last two year's of covid hysteria are memory-holed now that they're deemed a political liability in the next election. IOW, "Trust the Science" has, therefore, been shown to have been mostly bullsh*t.

A healthy society would generally reward someone who was proven to be right, especially when they risked so much calling out that the emperor was naked.

But it seems like we've entered a period where, even if you're later proven to have been correct, the mere act of defying the mob, is enough to permanently cancel you. It is an unforgivable sin.