Been awhile since Covid arrived in the US, but I just never felt that way. Responding to a unique situation, I was just not enveloped in all the distrust, a distrust endemic towards virtually all sources of authority these days. We already had an anti-vaccine subculture. That wasn’t my response at all, though, never had that impression that I was being led astray, that I was a test subject with something that seemed dangerous. Just went with the flow, did my best with vaccine, boosters, bests masks, etc. Everyone didn’t respond to the pandemic the same way. Never felt distrust toward Fauci, for instance. Liked the guy.