I appreciate the article trying to sort things out, but overall the tone is "just do it, and stop asking so many questions, you're not an expert." This has been

I appreciate the article trying to sort things out, but overall the tone is "just do it, and stop asking so many questions, you're not an expert." This has been the problem all along. There's acknowledgement that masks had conflicting messaging from the beginning, yet this doesn't factor in to the vaccines, why? How can people trust what is advertised when there is already precedent of lying to the public for ANY reason. This includes censoring people who question the origin of the virus, only to then allow it a year later. > Unfortunately, most Americans don't trust the government. This is a feature, not a bug. Author is from Bulgaria, what happened in Europe throughout the last century that it kept becoming authoritarian over and over again? Have we not learned anything? > How is it that people already accept the existing vaccine requirements in place for decades without protest, but not Covid? In my opinion, it's the inconsistency in the messaging from the government, coupled with the extreme distrust in institutions that got substantially worse around 2016 when there was no intention to accept the elected administration in any way shape or form. This includes some Democrats denouncing the vaccine just because Trump was still in office!! I'm just saying this shouldn't be surprising. All of sudden people forget how politics was injected into the pandemic (remember the riots a.k.a. peaceful protests? those large gatherings were fine right?). This was a huge factor in getting people to comply and trust government. The extreme reaction to Trump made everything political including the pandemic. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but rather an explanation that is being ignored conveniently, to continue the blame and thus the politics of it. *: sorry, not riots, peaceful protests