Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck on Politics, Science and the Virus – Why Science Often Becomes Political!

„Unfortunately, science has become political. The virus has become political. And I have said that I do not want to comment on the feasibility and proportionality of this. That is a political question.“

Prof. Dr. Hendrik StreeckProf. Dr. Hendrik Streeck explains why science and the virus have become political – a look behind the scenes of the pandemic.
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This quote highlights the limits of science in political debates and shows how closely facts and politics can sometimes be intertwined.


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Quote by Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck about science and virus becoming political

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