This also ignores that there are multiple perspectives to being 'informed'. For example, as someone who's studied online communication and social computing at

This also ignores that there are multiple perspectives to being 'informed'. For example, as someone who's studied online communication and social computing at the graduate level, my main disagreement with a lot of policy decisions isn't due to my disagreement with scientists, but rather because I think that the policy decisions made are pouring gasoline on our infosphere problems. So am I not informed because I don't have a biology related degree, or are THEY not informed because none of them seem to have a clue how people or the Internet work? Somebody that only understands virology doesn't understand the PANDEMIC, as a social construct/an impact on human societies. (And vice versa.) And that's without getting into history and geopolitics: Since variants are a global concern, the optimal choices are also impacted by what other countries are doing. And understanding those in context means different legal systems, different ideas of human rights, different patent and pharma laws, blah blah blah. I sincerely doubt if an informed electorate is possible on some issues (such as COVID) because I think the time investment to be informed is too much to put on the average citizen.