The problem is if you don’t trust the cdc, the head of the NIAID, the NIH, your state and county health dept, the upper levels of your hospital system and the prestigious journals, the science - then what do you believe? There is a strong psychological component to not wanting to face the reality that those institutions don’t give a shit about anyone. They play politics as much as Nancy, Joe, or McConnell. In general I still maintain faith that up until the last few years the good greatly outnumbered the bad, and intentions were genuine with regards to actually taking care of patients/people.