Originally Posted by mopek1

Well thanks for being honest about it. I'm used to people slinging mud on forums or social media etc., so I appreciate this.

I too operate under that same assumption, that people smarter than me know better as they have studied this field far more than myself.

The problem is who to look up to? The media? Fox news, CNN, MSNBC. I don't trust them one bit.

Politicians or politician doctors? I never trusted them before (left or right) and neither has anyone else so I don't trust what they are saying now.

I don't have to have a degree in epidemiology to know that when these people (politicians and politician doctors) contradict themselves constantly or don't answer questions or make claims that most scientists would balk at that they can't be trusted.

So I am skeptical of lock downs and masks and have to seek my own information from scientists and analysts who seem like they are trying their absolute best to interpret the data without bias.

The virus is a problem and there is a place for restrictions and masks but not to the degree that's being played out now.