>>14211953Because saying they trust "the 80+ year old politician claiming to be a doctor who has never seen a patient and is batting less than .100 on his guesses while always being behind the curve" would lead people to question who they trust.
It's much easier to lose trust in a person. Otherwise, they're basically replacing faith in God with faith in Science, trusting that people know as much about the latter as they do about the former.
