I don’t see the argument, again. If distrust in public officials stops a bunch of people from getting vaccines and the public official advice is correct, the problem will become self limiting in a Darwinian sort of way.
I reject the writer’s premise. Conspiracy theories and a few talkers are not leading over 150 million people astray or anywhere else.
The government/media coalition has earned the mistrust of half the country. People have come to mistrust on their own through listening to and observing how the government/media team propagandizes all subjects, and with an agenda.
This is happening because radical leftists have moved themselves into government, media, and education industry positions and they have undermined the true purpose of those positions, which is to serve the public. They think their job is to end the American experiment and replace it. As in fundamentally transform, remember who said that first.