that's about the understanding of athleticism as well. people who take risks have a high performance mentality. a lot of covid policy was exploitative, and principled and intelligent people knew. some just don't fall in as easily.

it was the imperious attitude that forfeited the credibility of institutions and will weaken another social response, and not the people who wouldn't be lied to. people talked about the unvaccinated as a risk, what about the people who for their eagerness to submit, their fearfulness, and their profound contempt for honesty, failed to be persuasive and credible in a crisis?

some people used a flu to run a society wide milgram experiment and everybody knows now. nobody will listen again.

What experiment? The irony of your comment on intelligent people is not lost on me.