> Why put someone or something up on a pedestal like that? Since March of 2020 all criticism and skepticism has been shouted down with "are you 'An Expert'"? T

> Why put someone or something up on a pedestal like that? Since March of 2020 all criticism and skepticism has been shouted down with "are you 'An Expert'"? The entire pandemic has been nothing but a thinly guised appeal to authority. And a very narrow set of authority at that--the only authority we were allowed to listen to are the ones who sold this as the worst thing ever. Hope or optimism or just asking basic questions was never allowed.