On Monday, I watched as Breitbart, an American right-wing media, streamed a speech by a gathering of doctors in Washington D.C.
The doctors had travelled to the nation’s capital to dissent against their fellow doctors’ consensus on COVID-19. The event was organised by Republicans who want to push back against the tyranny of science. When this lone black woman among them came on and introduced herself as Dr. Stella Immanuel, and mentioned having studied and practised in Nigeria/West Africa, I sat up to listen. Within a few minutes of talking, she had got shrill.
Between the twin towers of irreconcilable convictions, the disease has become so politicised that the USA, a whole USA, cannot muster the weight of its capabilities to lift itself from the pandemic. One of the defining realities of our time is distrust. People are too cynical! They have become over-selective of which authority to trust on matters of even specialised knowledge. Some people believe that science has been politicised, and scientists cannot be trusted.
By Tuesday morning, Immanuel was trending on social media. Some journalists had dug into her social media accounts and had come up with information about her. She was a paediatrician and a pastor, but that was not all. She was one of those people who pray spiritual warfare prayers. By the time the media turned the weight of their power to scrutinise the apocalyptic visions that she had expressed on social media, she was not looking good.
Within a matter of days since she featured, the woman seems to have become popular among Nigerians who have claimed her as their own. They are hailing her, thinking she is a hero speaking truth to power. She is not even a Nigerian, but our country people are so desperate for victory on the global stage that they have adopted her. They think her speech is a demonstration of the boldness and integrity, and that she deserves some applause.
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