The point here, at least for me, is that there had been an unprecedented level of distrust and divide in our Nation before COVID, and that's only become more exacerbated in the past 2 years. The Nation is damn near divided 50/50 politically, and yes, we did hear the Dems say that they won't take anything that Trump fast tracks, and in turn, we heard republicans say that they won't listen to Biden or Fauci on the matter.
The fact that the "White House" has been the source of COVID updates is something that, I hope, we learn from moving forward. We need to establish an independent medical review board that delivers public messaging on all health matters. It's reached the point where everything people are fed via social media on COVID has to be fact checked several times, by multiple sources. What percentage of people take those steps?