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Post modernism. There’s a well established field of thought going past to at least the 60s that believes truth is relative, knowledge is subservient to language and therefore science is inherently biased and a tool of “power”. It’s extremely popular in the west, especially among the elite and in the universities

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Post modernism is a relatively niche ideology.

As someone working at a university, it's definitely not the dominant ideology amongst the decision makers. Maybe in some humanities departments, but not in the rest of the university, and especially not in the administration.

I think you are underestimating the effect.

Science had a religious like following, doctors were considered infallible, and so on

The fact that it is a well established notion that pharmaceutical companies buy studies is a new phenomena (relatively to before post modernism set in)

The extreme manifestations is anti-vax, and it’s usually not due to them coming out of a humanities department

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