Fauci's Inductive Risk:

“When he downplayed mask efficacy to prevent hoarding, Fauci arguably manipulated the public.” But can his position be defended using an argument from inductive risk - using different levels of evidence depending on whether hypotheses align with political or other extra-epistemic goals? Eli Lichtenstein argues "no."

http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21620/

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