Are we so cynical now that a pronouncement by an idiot the caliber of Rush Limbaugh can be taken seriously? Have we lost al faith in public health officials? And, if so, what does that portend for our public health?
Can we be led astray by what a former disc jockey says to boost his sagging ratings? Why isn't Rush Limbaugh easily dismissed as the rodeo clown he is? And is it the paranoid, the disaffected, the angry and the naïve who are taken in by this bloviating miscarriage of intellect, or are there thoughtful, reasonable people out there who see this moron for what he truly is?
I don't know. When I was growing up there was an easy way to dismiss idiots. But it seems as I age, the idiots are being taken seriously, hence Donald Trump and his celebrity candidacy. Once we were able to see such phenomenon as silly and illegitimate.