There's something larger going on here, namely a diminishing of the stature and credibility of experts with ordinary people. In some ways, that's a good thing. In many ways, it's a bad thing. This COVID-19 thing might make it worse. Understand that I'm not saying that we shouldn't listen to experts. What I'm saying is that people are justified in questioning the expertise of many self-described experts, and these self-described experts themselves bear most of the blame for their situations. Imagine what will happen if it turns out that our quarantining didn't have a substantial effect on transmission and on the death toll.