I’m a Democrat; my circle is mostly Democrats. We also knew last year in February and March that we wanted masks.

So trust that Fauci meant well? Yes. He was in an extremely difficult position and in a position of policy advisor.

But trudt that masks were ineffective for the average person? Absolutely not.

It’s a contradiction that masks are effective for frontlines, yet somehow without reason or usefulness for everyone else.

So if it didn’t decline, perphaps it’s more accurate to say that there was only ever a certain type of trust to begin with.

And the past 12 months have borne out that suspicion.