Meanwhile, the "In Fauci We Trust" set are crowing about a new study that claims conservatives are dying at significantly higher rates than liberals largely because they don't trust doctors. It’s a predictable, entirely rational counter-reaction to an establishment that completely torched its own credibility. The narrative is less public health finding than moral vindication: Voting red is apparently a terminal diagnosis, and skepticism toward the medical establishment is a self-inflicted death sentence. It’s a predictable, entirely rational counter-reaction to an establishment that completely torched its own credibility. If conservatives are looking at the medical establishment with a heavy dose of side-eye these days, it’s for good reason.