From the perspective of the people running the government and the various public health authorities, one of the absolute worst things you can possibly do is remember what they told you five minutes ago. Particularly if you keep track of the most alarming things they say, then it’s very easy to realize that pretty much none of it is true.
Just four years ago, for instance, we were told repeatedly that COVID-19 was a “once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.” The United Nations still has an article on its website that makes that exact declaration. It’s called, “All hands on deck to fight a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.” It wasn’t written by some intern; the author was the U.N.’s Secretary-General. And he wasn’t the only one saying that, various peer-reviewed papers promoted by the N.I.H. made the same claim. So did the White House, where Jenn Psaki insisted during a press briefing…
