You counter all skepticism the same way: by a designing an experiment to test the skeptic's hypothesis and presenting the results of the experiment to the skeptic. Name-calling, censorship, and persecution are not going to bring the skeptic to your side, but they will almost certainly discourage future skeptics from presenting their findings.
If we allow politicians to turn science into a dogma instead of an investigative process, progress will come to a grinding halt.
If we allow politicians to turn science into a dogma instead of an investigative process, progress will come to a grinding halt.