Both at times, I'm sure.
But this isn't about me, it's about the public officials who have to make policy, pass laws, plan for medical resources, decide whether to quarantine people coming in from China, etc.
They're going to make decisions whether we like it or not, and I want them to be as informed as possible.
If Boris Johnson asked you "OK, if we don't do anything how bad could this get?" what would you do? Shrug and advise him to ignore this garbage?
I'd rather have him get advice from someone who's studied infectious diseases and their spread professionally and tries to use that knowledge, however imperfect, to offer some guidance.
Fauci and company offered their guidance. Now they need to go away. And your defending the actions of bureaucrats who advised a complete shutdown of the economy based on their so called expertise demonstrates that you put way too much faith in government and not nearly enough in your own common sense, if you think you have that. I got fed up with COVID about three weeks into February.