ASSOCIATED PRESS • April 25, 2020
What President Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode. For instance,, scientists have called climate change a pressing issue, pointing to data, physics and chemistry. Trump regularly called it a hoax. He also claims that noise from wind turbines – which he refers to as windmills – causes cancer, which is not accurate. Asked what kind of grade he’d give Trump on science, M. Granger Morgan, a Carnegie Mellon University engineering and policy professor, answered with a quick “F.”