Or to take a more recent example, should the media have censored Drs. Marshall and Warren in 1982 when they claimed that the scientific consensus about the cause of stomach ulcers was completely wrong? Everyone thought that ulcers were caused by stress and spicy food, but it turned out to be bacterial infections. We always need to be humble and recognize that some things we believe to be correct will later turn out to be false.
https://badgut.org/information-centre/a-z-digestive-topics/n...
(To be clear I think the current scientific consensus that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective is correct.)