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People ask me why the COVID contrarians were needed. Why did the first Trump White House align with rightwing billionaires and orgs to find credentialed ppl who looked good on TV that would deny COVID severity and yell about lockdowns? This is why

Am I upset that we didn’t do a good job pushing back then, and now the same COVID minimizes are destroying US science and public health? I am upset about it. Let’s learn that lesson.

This is the reason for the Rand Paul hearing as well. The far-right elite and Trumpist electeds work hand in hand with the media and the rightwing think tanks. It’s why their efforts are so effective.

*the (rightwing) media

It’s a huge part of why he was able to come back. It doesn’t get the discussion in political spaces because too many notionally left leaning people got snowed by bullshit, too.

As with all good political comms-slash-propaganda, there are real, deep, sentiments being exploited — people’s lives were changed and they were angry and looking for explanations. But we let them, mostly unchallenged, shift blame, to the great detriment of public health