Doomsday prophets often do very well for a while.....

This is what happens when you mix politics with medicine.
Cognitive abilities are inhibited by imposed apocalyptic fear.
People who still support the completely failing corona narrative, either lack analytical thinking or reflective capacity.
It may also be the case that fear of loss of reputation plays a role or, and that is worse, that one had (and still has) a financial interest.
Some people don't want to know the truth, they want validation for their own assumptions.
They want comfort in the hopes of keeping their egos comfortable, so they exercise the choice to keep believing a lie.
And there is a group of spineless, corrupt, amoral fuckwits.
Competing for the title of 'Biggest Nitwit of the Corona crisis'
