Conor Friedersdorf, a staff writer for the far-left outlet The Atlantic, took to X to ask why there has been a precipitous drop in the people’s trust in public health institutions following the endless gaslighting and lies during the Covid era, and we was on the receiving end of a litany of truth bombs.Friedersdorf asked, “A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly.”“If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I’m hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.”A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly. If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I’m hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) March 26, 2026One person cited the ‘massive and inexplicable” CDC failures.1) Massive and inexplicable CDC failures – The CDC was caught so flat-footed on monitoring Covid that a journalist (Alex Madrigal) had to start up an independent data-gathering operation so there would be visibility into state-by-state Covid infection data (The Covid Tracking…— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) March 27, 2026The Gateway Pundit reported that a peer-reviewed study exposed that the CDC inflated Covid deaths by 1600% throughout the 2020 election cycle.Others noted the politically motivated rules surrounding public gatherings.“When public health officials who were insisting on extraordinary measures of isolation to include the forbidding of outdoor church services and funerals unanimously announced in May 2020 that mass BLM protests were an acceptable COVID risk because racism was worse than COVID, I learned that public health was pseudoscientific activism.”When public health officials who were insisting on extraordinary measures of isolation to include the forbidding of outdoor church services and funerals unanimously announced in May 2020 that mass BLM protests were an acceptable COVID risk because racism was worse than COVID, I…— tedfrank (@tedfrank) March 27, 2026“Once you had the “public health experts” saying that the COVID virus was deadly in schools and playgrounds – but not deadly at BLM and Antifa protests – who would continue to believe such ridiculous people? Did you believe them Conor?”Once you had the “public health experts” saying that the COVID virus was deadly in schools and playgrounds – but not deadly at BLM and Antifa protests – who would continue to believe such ridiculous people? Did you believe them Conor?— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) March 27, 2026Church? Too dangerous. Anti-vax protests? Sorry, no. BLM and Antifa protests? No problem.A group of over 1,000 “health experts” signed a letter at the time supporting the Black Lives Matter protests and riots, yet continued to warn people on the risks of exposure.Another cited the “suppression of discussion wrt COVID’s origins. This was a genuine conspiracy (multiple high-level people coordinating to lie that what they privately thought was plausible, lab leak, was a conspiracy theory) that went to the highest levels of the health establishment.”1) The suppression of discussion wrt COVID’s origins. This was a genuine conspiracy (multiple high-level people coordinating to lie that what they privately thought was plausible, lab leak, was a conspiracy theory) that went to the highest levels of the health establishment…— arctotherium (@arctotherium42) March 27, 2026In 2020, The Gateway Pundit reported on the origins of COVID and a lab leak, rather than the flimsy “food” market origin being pushed by “experts.”As a result, TGP and other outlets and individuals who dared to go against the “approved” theory were censored.In 2024, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released shocking statements and documents revealing that the U.S. State Department knew COVID leaked from a Wuhan Biolab and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covered it up.The documents reveal that the State Department knew this since July 2020.The highly redacted documents show enough proof to see that the US Government has been lying to the American public since at least July 2020. They knew all along it was a leak from a bio lab.Here’s the short list of everything these institutions got wrong during Covid:• Origin of the disease—wrong• Transmission—wrong• Asymptomatic spread—wrong• PCR testing—wrong• Fatality rate—wrong• Lockdowns—wrong• Community triggers—wrong• Business closures—wrong…— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) March 28, 2026And then there is the COVID vaccine debate for both its ineffectiveness and serious complications from the jab.They mocked IVM, a Nobel Prize winning medication.They MANDATED covid shots.Drs refused to care for the unvaccinated.Drs refused to acknowledge covid shot injuries and deaths.Why distrust the medical field? BECAUSE THEY FAILED IN EVERY SINGLE STEP OF ADDRESSING THE PANDEMIC.— Liberty Kat (@LibertyKatJG) April 4, 2026 The post Social Media Users Respond with Facts When Writer at The Atlantic Asks Why Trust in Public Health Institutions Decreased Significantly After Covid Scam appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.