A. Xanthos: Personal responsibility of the prime minister or the ‘instrumentalization’ of science

Andreas Xanthos, the head of the Health Department of SYRIZA-PS, characterizes the “instrumentalization of scientific research” for “political competition” as “unacceptable”, in today’s statement on the Tsiodra-Lytra study.

“The pandemic, this global health threat, is a huge challenge to the relationship between Science and Politics,” he said.

“In Greece, this has been revoked in practice at the personal responsibility of the Prime Minister. Mr. Mitsotakis announces measures that have not been discussed in any scientific body, have not been suggested by anyone and which the committees of experts are called to legitimize afterwards. This is the definition of the “instrumentalization” of Science “, he emphasizes.

A. Xanthos characteristically notes that “obviously the instrumentalization of scientific research and knowledge and its exploitation in political competition is obviously unacceptable” and adds: “but also the scientific community must delimit its relationship with the political system and guard the its collective prestige and credibility “.

“Political choices must take into account scientific truth, especially when it comes to human lives, and not be subject to political expediency. Scripta manent anyway,” he concludes.

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Source From: Capital

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