I don’t think it’s about politics. I think it’s about horrible and contradictory public health messaging from the top on down.

Early on, people bitched but 99% complied. Then the goalposts moved, officials contradicted themselves, and people felt lied to.

Trust was broken. https://twitter.com/AriWasserman/status/1281360403327447040

You cannot blame the public for thinking it was safe to go out when the government was saying “flatten the curve” 5,000x a day.

Most states either accomplished that or never had a curve.

Public thought it accomplished its goal and moved on. Hard to blame them.

“Should a person be blamed for going to a bar when the bar is open for their business? The implication being that it’s safe for them to go to the bar… because it’s open? Blaming and shaming individuals [is] rarely effective.”

@AriWasserman https://coronavirus.medium.com/this-is-what-happens-when-you-cant-trust-official-coronavirus-advice-882843c38810?gi=sd