I think there is a lot of this - but I also believe that some people were genuine in their beliefs, at least at the beginning. Over time, it became obvious that deception and just being loud was enough to split people like ducks into two camps, with ego and greed and a lust for power motivating.
no better eg than Trump suggests 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs Accidental Poisonings Increased After President Trump’s Disinfectant Comments The Trump White House Spins His Disinfectant Remarks Some Americans Are Tragically Still Drinking Bleach As A Coronavirus ‘Cure’
You’re either Team Fauci and got a vaccine or you’re taking Ivermectin and talking about your pure untainted blood.
This wasn't handled right for a few reasons. Initially they said that masks were not necessary. Then they decided masks were necessary and then when they discussed which masks were certain to be effective - it made it difficult for medical and triage people to get them and caused hording. This wasn't a mistake, especially early on. They made other mistakes. They did not do a good job of explaining "viral load" and they also were slow in realizing the connection between people in close quarters sharing recirculated oxygen were causing massive viral loads. They also made a mistake putting multiple people with COVID on a single ventilator. I'm not - but my wife is....... and while this was transpiring she figured out things like viral load, etc. To this day she believes that we paid a huge price for the shut down - from the education of kids, to depression, to inflation and instability of trust in institutions. However, she also said that had the government not shut everything down, the death toll would have been massive and we would not only have more lives lost, but other ongoing issues as a result as well. Fighting a pandemic is hard - if you are successful, everyone says you over did it - if you are not successful, everyone complains you did not do enough. There was no way for scientists or doctors to win in that scenario.
The GOP once again sought to have a spotlight shown on their investigation into conspiracy talking points and when the light is shone upon that, the facts are what ends up swinging the brightest and the GOP MAGA folks look foolish. It happened with the investigation and Biden impeachment stuff, and it happened with Fauci. They are eroding their trust. People who had been paying attention already knew they were full of crap. Most people don't pay close attention. They heard the general attacks but certainly weren't going to investigate to see if they were true or not. But once the spotlight gets shone on the situation, they can see and it hurts the GOP talking points and conspiracy theories.
Yea, it's very unfortunate. Take the very controversial gain-of-function research. Politics and social media have warped it so much that it will probably never again be done. How many people know that GoF is much more than what's portrayed? It is also loss-of- function research, it is applicable to modern vaccine, and to anti-viral drugs. But hey, as a society, do-my-own double-blinded study, virus research, treatments, and believing politicians over virologists is a thing.
I get that everyone wants to be a Monday morning QB but the truth is this was pretty new to everyone, did the "experts" get some things wrong, of course. Did there thinking change over time, of course it did but that came with more information. This over-the-top maga based "show" yesterday was a joke and of course mtg was at the forefront of the circus. The maga gop spends every waking hour on the past trying to blame someone or convict someone and they seem to always fail. I guess no one on the maga side wants to create any new laws or help the average Joe 6 pack. There entire being is to ass kiss the cult leader
Literally the mindset of the entire republican party, across the board, in every aspect of life now. Only exception is the undeveloped fetus, and the second that thing actually becomes a human then zero f**ks like everybody else.
How to say that you have no idea what you are talking about, without saying that. For the first four days or so after being infected with covid, you will not have symptoms but will be spreading.
