Academy for Science and Freedom
The Covid-19 pandemic revealed a lack of critical thinking skills in medicine and public health. Group thinking and herd mentality dominated over evidence-based medicine, critical examination of available research and vigorous scientific debate. The problem manifested itself in school closures, harmful lockdown measures, insufficient protection of older, high-risk Americans, compulsory mask orders, vaccine mandates, and withholding of effective therapeutics. It is important that the future generation of physicians and public health professionals are trained in critical thinking and evidence-based medicine.