I agree with this. Distrust in institutions can come from increased sophistication, although the institutions themselves may not see it that way. This can be

I agree with this. Distrust in institutions can come from increased sophistication, although the institutions themselves may not see it that way. This can be true even when institutions are generally correct, and giving reasonable advice... but are simplifying or glossing over true complexities, because they don't think the public is capable of any nuance or reasoning. They don't think that people are capable of understanding something like 'masks can reduce spread in certain circumstances, and have little effect in these other circumstances', and so hammer an obviously simplified rule in every press release, as if they are hawking a product. In some sense it probably works, as does most marketing, but it comes with a growing feeling of distrust.