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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry
People don't understand long COVID now, just as the novel virus wasn't understood initially. There are people who spend their lives trying to figure this stuff out and agencies whose sole purpose is to inform the public as knowledge emerges. IMO, the whole "Fauci is a liar" and "masking is falling victim to tyranny" business is a side effect of the (quite intentional) increasing erosion of trust in our public institutions. I won't get political by expounding on this, but the dots connect themselves...
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I don't have a lot of faith in certain institutions, but I have even less faith in conspiracy theories. The thing is, embracing them does make it easier for some people to function because it gives them a solid, if false, footing in a complex and uncertain world. Again, this is nothing new, it's how demagogues have achieved success throughout history, by playing to people who seem to need simplicity and certainty.