Nah. Those that worship at the alter of science very much genuflected every time politicians mentioning “Science” graced the air waves. .
Actually, you couldn't be more wrong. Science was abandoned in favour of something completely dominated by greed and opportunism. It may have been called "the Science", but it was not the scientific method. It was the opposite of science.
Science, real science, depends on questioning and challenging. It is Galileo making observations of the motion of planets, and challenging the geocentric orthodoxy, even to the extent of facing trial and punishment. "The Science" is the corruption of real science, where dissenting views are deplatformed, censored and prohibited in favour of big money and political interests.
Those actually trained in science, who understand how it is meant to work, and who have not been corrupted, have seen this corruption and wept. Many have resisted it too, only to see people who don't know what real science is tar them with the same brush.