“It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician”

“It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician” (or “It’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians”) is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying became popular during the 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, when doctors and scientists were quoted to support lockdowns (although other doctors and scientists opposed lockdowns).
 
“It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is a politician. #mepolitics” was posted on Twitter by LitLibertyforME on August 5, 2020. “It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician” (also shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Alibu later on August 5, 2020. “It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Linda Nowell on August 5, 2020.
     
“It’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians” was posted on Facebook by Tony Johnson on October 12, 2020. “Science is a way of trying to explain the world. It’s ever evolving. It’s only as accurate as the measuring devices, and it’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians” was posted on Facebook by Holly Larsen on January 4, 2021.
   
       
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
 
Twitter
LitLibertyforME
@MeLibertyfor
It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is a politician. #mepolitics
6:05 AM · Aug 5, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Alibu
@VoteBigBrother
It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician. And just how you should NEVER trust a politician no matter what, you should NEVER trust a doctor. “Real health won’t be found inside a doctor’s office.” ~ #BrandyVaughan, former pharma insider.
#Plandemic
(“It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician” is shown on an image.—ed.)
3:31 PM · Aug 5, 2020·Twitter Web App
     
Facebook
Linda Nowell
August 5, 2020 at 6:38 PM ·
Just as easy to buy a scientist as it is a politician!
(“It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician” is also shown on an image.—ed.)
 
Twitter
Josh
@janeri123
PSA:
It’s just as easy to buy a scientist..
..as it is to buy a politician.
8:42 PM · Aug 5, 2020 from Pennsylvania, USA·Twitter for Android
   
Reddit—Unpopularopinion
Posted by u/Psydo5 August 6, 2020
It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician.
We know that scientists require funding, and peer reviews/recreated research aren’t anywhere near as popular as an original thesis. So why do people always trust the word of a few scientist with a confirmation bias blindly?
 
Twitter
Jessie Ree
@greekgoddess232
It’s just as easy to buy a scientist as it is to buy a politician
9:35 AM · Aug 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
       
Twitter
Vasilisa Maria
@Q_ueenof17
Replying to @Russell_F_Rogan @MajorPatriot and @KamalaHarris
You can buy scientists as easily as you can buy a politician. Usually for the same price.
4:35 PM · Aug 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Edwin Dearborn
@edwindearborn
It’s just as easy to buy a scientist than it is to buy a politician. #scamdemic2020
12:49 AM · Aug 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Facebook
Tony Johnson
October 12, 2020 at 8:07 AM ·
It’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians.
 
Twitter
Aaron Slack
@AaronSlack01
It is just as easy to buy a scientist as it is a politician. #Lockdown2
5:26 PM · Oct 31, 2020·Twitter Web App
     
Twitter
Caro
@nursecaro13
Replying to @lehan @Milhouse_Van_Ho and 3 others
It is just as easy to buy scientists or so called “experts”, as it is to buy a politician.
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According to a “parasite stress” hypothesis, authoritarian governments are more likely to emerge in regions characterized by a high prevalence of disease-causing pathogens. Recent cross-national…
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10:58 AM · Nov 1, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
Facebook
Holly Larsen
January 4, 2021 at 12:13 PM ·
Science is a way of trying to explain the world. It’s ever evolving. It’s only as accurate as the measuring devices, and it’s just as easy to buy scientists as it is to buy politicians.
 
Twitter
ACTforAmerica
@ACTforAmerica
If you can buy a politician, you can buy a scientist.
9:19 PM · Jan 4, 2021·Twitter for iPhone