> since social media We must fix that construct: "«distrust [] has exploded since social media»". Which makes some sense, it is expectable in broad terms. In

> since social media We must fix that construct: "«distrust [] has exploded since social media»". Which makes some sense, it is expectable in broad terms. In 2021 a large wave of communication appropriated the banner of Science, through voices that had clearly never seen science in a postcard. (It probably varied with regional communication.) So, distrust spread. What you are seeing is a crisis in authority - which also causes the first phenomenon of the rise of ignorant voices.