Exactly, its plain as day. It is amazing to me how many noble lies have been told in the Pandemic. Even more amazing is that the people lying cannot see a direct line from the lying to the complete loss of faith in the institutions thy represent.
Exactly. The noble lies have crushed their credibility because no one knows until later whether a particular comment was a well intentioned lie or the truth.
Everyone I personally know who is skeptical about institutional guidance advocating the vaccine or protective measures like mask mandates and lockdowns can cite a litany of previous lies or half truths by the same institutions. They did not start as medical institution skeptics — the last 18 months turned them into skeptics.
