There is nothing more angering to a scientist than hearing a top policymaker say:
"I don't believe anybody could have predicted" something when every expert predicted it.

This is what happens when a corrupt political party disavows, discredits, and ignores facts and experts. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1247216801886416902

We see it in the #climate crisis with climate deniers. "No one could have predicted..."
We see it with anti-vaxxers whose children get sick. "No one could have predicted..."
We see it with Trump voters having second thoughts. "No one could have predicted..."