@quarantegan.bsky.social @Scienceisnotopinions I’ve already heard, “ #HantaVirus is not airborne” only to read that assertion contradicted moments later. Covid taught me that “public health” is not about my health or anyone’s health as an individual. It is about statistical models of populations and hospital beds. That, and keeping people calm and at work(!) because the economy etc. My default setting now is to be VERY skeptical of anything a health official says. I think with the current anti-science kooks (and crooks) running the broken CDC we should assume they are either lying, poorly informed, on-the-take, stupid or a mix thereof. We have to protect and respect the health care givers and scientists who maintain their integrity. They will tell us truthfully what we need to know. They are under tons of pressure to conform to the government/corporate line.