>Well if someone can trust Aaron Rogers and/or Russel Brand I
>can't see how they could *possibly* trust any information from
>the government unless it's Aaron Rogers or Trump. I think
>there's a good 30% of the population that are this way, and
>telling them shut up and fuck off , IMHO, is the best public
>health strategy.

Yeah, that's not really what i'm saying. I'm not talking about somone who trusts everything Aaron Rodgers is saying... it's not even saying "hey this RFK guy is weird but he makes some good points"
its more the instinct of not wanting to express any skepticism of big pharma or possible effects from a novel vaccine out of being lumped in with being one of the 'bad people'
so you'll get things like "stop spreading misinformation with your 'just asking questions' bullshit"
i understand the instinct to pounce, esp since there's no shortage of people pretending that they're just asking questions, but overall, i just find it counterproductive.
Not all people (most people, really) aren't dug in culture warriors. but because of the noise they don't find it worth it to publicly engage in these topics.