Everyone is an expert

If you spend a lot of time on social media like I do you’ve probably noticed that there are so many experts on everything. People seem to know more than the experts and are not afraid to tell you about it. Maybe it’s because they see a President who is really really smart (just ask him) who knows more than any expert who works for him. If they say otherwise he’ll fire them so they are likely to agree that even though they may have a doctorate in the subject, Mr Trump knows more. I am inclined to get into debates with people on social media when they are trying to tell people that really don’t know what they are talking about, outright stupid claims. I’ve even seen these self proclaimed know it alls attempt to cite their references! The references are either not very knowledgeable sites, wiki pages, or sometimes not even talking about the same thing as they are. Earlier today I saw someone say that wearing masks will only prolong the length of the virus. Then he said that the only way to stop it is to get as many people herded into a single location, then he said that isolation will make the virus worse. He referenced an article about isolation being bad for people who are not sick and that it can cause increased inflammation. The article was written by the American Psychiatric Association and was regarding isolating from people and how it increases depression. The article that he referenced about masks and herding was a scientific study about exposure to H1N1 T-Cells and if they increase immunity to COVID-19. Which was something they found during the Spanish Flu and how people that were exposed to the Russian flu forty some years prior had a better and faster recovery rate. Nowhere in the article did it say that we shouldn’t wear masks or that we should all swap spit. The problem is that people who don’t know how to read scholarly articles or don’t have the desire to do so, trust someone who “looks” like they know what they are talking about. I tried arguing back and forth and his friends defended his take on it and actually one of them said that I should be careful who I call an idiot and that God is listening and I should stop playing the “great deception game”. I don’t have a clue what she was talking about. For some reason I get hit with that a lot—God knows and I should listen to him. Wait, does that mean that they are hearing some voice from above telling them that their masks are unnecessary?  Alrighty then (in my best Jim Carrey voice).
When the President of the United States comes out and undermines the CDC and WHO and accuses them of lying about the Virus, I lose every bit of respect I had remaining for him. It would be like me feeling ill and going to the hospital and them running a battery of tests to tell me what’s wrong and then I say. No I think that you are wrong because that would cost too much money. I’m going to go with me having gas as the problem. I’m sorry they are doctors! Meaning that they have at least eight years of experience and knowledge more than I do. When all of the doctors come to a consensus the odds that you are right and they are wrong becomes astronomical.  We as Americans have this idea that if we don’t want to do something because it is too difficult or it puts a damper on our life, we shouldn’t have to do it. Get over yourselves! If when this started we all stayed home or wore masks if we had to go out, it would have already been over. But no, we have to do what we want and now it’s this bad. It’s going to get worse because people are tired of having to do all of this extra stuff everyday. We want to go to mask optional rallies and we want to demonstrate and not wear masks. You can’t fix stupid.