most of the COVID public health science that appeared on TV, the internet allowed people to evaluate whether actual science contradicted what the government said was science, and freed them from lockdowns that were pointless, or taking vaccines which were claimed to prevent getting or transmitting covid and allowed people to evaluate them based on the factual risks / rewards.
Can you name even one thing "Science" previously dictated the huddled masses, that they now heroically broke free from, thanks to the interwebs?