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@DrNickA the truth is somewhere halfway between those two poles. institutional trust has been on the decline for decades and people trust attention-addicted billionaires more than public health officials, which is kind of a death spiral for institutional trust...
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@DrNickA ... because each misstep or miscalculation by [not always messaging/PR-savvy] public health institution decision-makers [distracted by high turnover and perverse incentives to keep their own jobs] feeds into further mistrust which is further weaponized by pundits and grifters...
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@DrNickA ...who didn't cause this mess but also aren't excused for their bad faith opportunism by the failures of the public institutions they are attacking for stupid and/or evil reasons.