Amy LaRocca

And something that really intrigues me is that you get that on both sides of the political spectrum. So everyone is trying to prepare you for the end of the world. It's just different ideas about why the end of the world is coming and different ideas about why there are no experts. Right.

And something that really intrigues me is that you get that on both sides of the political spectrum. So everyone is trying to prepare you for the end of the world. It's just different ideas about why the end of the world is coming and different ideas about why there are no experts. Right.

Yeah. So I think when the pandemic happened, I think a couple of different really crucial things happened.

Yeah. So I think when the pandemic happened, I think a couple of different really crucial things happened.

Yeah. So I think when the pandemic happened, I think a couple of different really crucial things happened.

Number one is you lost the notion that anyone had any idea that what was going on, that we lost the, you know, in the beginning, particularly when we were getting all sorts of information, when we had a president who was telling us to drink bleach, you lost the idea that there were experts involved.

Number one is you lost the notion that anyone had any idea that what was going on, that we lost the, you know, in the beginning, particularly when we were getting all sorts of information, when we had a president who was telling us to drink bleach, you lost the idea that there were experts involved.

Number one is you lost the notion that anyone had any idea that what was going on, that we lost the, you know, in the beginning, particularly when we were getting all sorts of information, when we had a president who was telling us to drink bleach, you lost the idea that there were experts involved.

The questioning of Dr. Fauci, the idea that the advice would change on a daily basis. Wear your mask. Don't wear your mask. It can be on, you know, the virus is on. packages? Do you not need to wipe down your packages? You know, you can get the virus once. No, you can't. You can get it twice. The advice kept changing. And people were very unsure. Was the advice politically motivated?

The questioning of Dr. Fauci, the idea that the advice would change on a daily basis. Wear your mask. Don't wear your mask. It can be on, you know, the virus is on. packages? Do you not need to wipe down your packages? You know, you can get the virus once. No, you can't. You can get it twice. The advice kept changing. And people were very unsure. Was the advice politically motivated?

The questioning of Dr. Fauci, the idea that the advice would change on a daily basis. Wear your mask. Don't wear your mask. It can be on, you know, the virus is on. packages? Do you not need to wipe down your packages? You know, you can get the virus once. No, you can't. You can get it twice. The advice kept changing. And people were very unsure. Was the advice politically motivated?

Was it not politically motivated? And very quickly, you sort of had to rely on yourself. And you were looking for people to tell you with some degree of authority and certainty. So I think that was one example of losing faith in institutions.

Was it not politically motivated? And very quickly, you sort of had to rely on yourself. And you were looking for people to tell you with some degree of authority and certainty. So I think that was one example of losing faith in institutions.

Was it not politically motivated? And very quickly, you sort of had to rely on yourself. And you were looking for people to tell you with some degree of authority and certainty. So I think that was one example of losing faith in institutions.

Yeah, they really did, right? And so we were, you know, we were like, oh, yeah, I'll do whatever you tell me. I'll take this. I'll eat that. Yeah, so I think—but I think in general, one of the things about— The way healthcare works in America is that people aren't getting a lot of time with their doctors. People often don't know their doctors. People get switched around a lot.

Yeah, they really did, right? And so we were, you know, we were like, oh, yeah, I'll do whatever you tell me. I'll take this. I'll eat that. Yeah, so I think—but I think in general, one of the things about— The way healthcare works in America is that people aren't getting a lot of time with their doctors. People often don't know their doctors. People get switched around a lot.

Yeah, they really did, right? And so we were, you know, we were like, oh, yeah, I'll do whatever you tell me. I'll take this. I'll eat that. Yeah, so I think—but I think in general, one of the things about— The way healthcare works in America is that people aren't getting a lot of time with their doctors. People often don't know their doctors. People get switched around a lot.

You don't have what was a traditional sort of relationship with your family GP, right, who might have known your grandparents. That's just not how doctors are working right now. So these relationships that people form to Dr. Oz, Gwyneth Paltrow, people they see dispensing advice on television, on the Internet, take on a lot of significance.

You don't have what was a traditional sort of relationship with your family GP, right, who might have known your grandparents. That's just not how doctors are working right now. So these relationships that people form to Dr. Oz, Gwyneth Paltrow, people they see dispensing advice on television, on the Internet, take on a lot of significance.

You don't have what was a traditional sort of relationship with your family GP, right, who might have known your grandparents. That's just not how doctors are working right now. So these relationships that people form to Dr. Oz, Gwyneth Paltrow, people they see dispensing advice on television, on the Internet, take on a lot of significance.