Math Is Hard

Down in Bakersfield a couple of Emergency Room Doctors held a press conference (BTW, that should have been the first red flag), at which they announced to the world that everything about  COVID-19 is wrong and that we should definitely, no doubt about it, not be shutting down our economy. On the Conservative Right, these two have become pure gold and celebrated with the typical fanfare and pomp reserved for those who dare to challenge the groupthink. Youtube stepped in, and to the  howling of Conservative outrage, removed the video for violating their  mysterious and notably ethereal "community standards." Cue Political Right outrage and virtue signaling. The problem is that just because somebody says something that we like and that fits our agenda doesn't make them absolutely right or accurate. Like Sheldon's element, or Bloomberg's millions, or even my own error, the overall point might be correct. But you don't win converts or debates by using faulty logic or math. so while we might like what the good Doctors said, and in the end, they may even be correct, the single unarguable point is that hey goofed the math. Badly. But if we refuse to question them and their conclusion because we like their position, flawed though it might be, how are we any better than those who simply accept the other sides' absolute mindset?