ANALYSIS: TRUE. Public Health Destroyed Its Own Credibility Long Before RFK Jr. Arrived.

We need spend little time remembering the unscientific, patronizing and erroneous advice and dictums issued from the medical and scientific establishment regarding the coronavirus during the pandemic. Social distancing, masks, school and business closures — almost all of it was unnecessary. These totalitarian measures saved relatively few lives, cost our nation trillions of dollars, and imperiled the educational and social development of an entire generation.

Yet who, exactly, has admitted their errors or paid any serious price for their disastrous “expert advice” and “recommendations”? The unflappable and unrepentant Anthony Fauci has paid no price for his errors, nor has former Planned Parenthood president and WaPo contributor Leanna Wen.

Admittedly, I myself am a bit hesitant when it comes to RFK Jr.’s medical assessments and recommendations, which also seem to sometimes lack sufficient evidence and rely more on foregone conclusions about the harmful effects of certain drugs or foods than unbiased, longitudinal research. That said, to accuse him of eroding public distrust in our nation’s medical establishment is risible. RFK Jr. didn’t vitiate the medical establishment’s reputation. They did it to themselves.

Much more at the link, but I’d add one thing.

GenZ — including my sons, whose education and attitudes were deeply impacted by the lockdowns — trends much more conservative than any other postwar generation. Maybe there’s no better way to discredit big government than to have one — and let Dems go wild with it for a couple of years.