Sue Yes! The smug, know-it-all attitude displayed in this "myth" mirrors the public health establishment's attitude towards "lay" public. (It is interesting to note how the use of the word "lay" to describe those who are not health care professionals refers directly to the attitude of the medieval papacy towards the suckers in Germany to whom they sold indulgences. Ah, but the sale of those indulgences did help to finance the building of St. Peter's basilica. So there's that.) This is the kind of stuff that gives Trump and his acolytes an opening when they trash the government. It informs the failure of CDC to give consistent advice about COVID and the pandemic.

Sue Yes! The smug, know-it-all attitude displayed in this "myth" mirrors the public health establishment's attitude towards "lay" public. (It is interesting to note how the use of the word "lay" to describe those who are not health care professionals refers directly to the attitude of the medieval papacy towards the suckers in Germany to whom they sold indulgences. Ah, but the sale of those indulgences did help to finance the building of St. Peter's basilica. So there's that.) This is the kind of stuff that gives Trump and his acolytes an opening when they trash the government. It informs the failure of CDC to give consistent advice about COVID and the pandemic.

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