The Tell-You-What-You're-Going-To-Do People Seem The Most Immune To Any Consequence Of Shutdown.

Why is it that the pillars of society always seem to be sitting on top of the heap, instead of down below giving support?   As far as I can tell, the most secure and status rich position I can occupy in Coronavirus Land is to be a politician, an expert and a government employee.

As Richard Fernandez, a.k.a. Wretchard The Cat, observed a few minutes ago (See tweet).

The top dogs secured their position with "Trust The Science" cant.  We want to believe it but know it's not trustworthy.   As Richard Feynman, the physicist, said:  "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts".  Any talk of "received wisdom" is misdirection, the argument from authority but not from verifiability.