@afewbugs@social.coop This is part of the reason for the rebellion, conspiracy theory, and witch hunts re Covid and public health officials: people (especially Americans) are convinced that there must be a perfect ideal solution that does no harm, the magic movie solution the hero pulls out their ass, a world in which bad things don’t and can’t actually happen. And every time the rude world shows them otherwise they look for a scapegoat to rinse the bad taste of reality from their mouth.