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Little: As you said, everyone is entitle to their opinions. I do happen to believe that there has been a very broad and pervasive undermining of public health norms across the board with mixed messages on vaccinations, masks, social distancing etc. There is this phony and dangerous libertarian theme that ANY government public health guidance is politically driven by the deep state, designed to take away your liberty, etc. Obviously, increased drug and alcohol use and peer-driven smoking were critical problems before Trump and the Corona Virus came along but his actions and rhetoric, in my view, have made it considerably more difficult to effectively respond to these other public health crises.
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