I think that can work if you narrow the issue only to medical advice. But trust is also eroded by completely unrelated things, like “Iraq has WMDs” and other s

I think that can work if you narrow the issue only to medical advice. But trust is also eroded by completely unrelated things, like “Iraq has WMDs” and other stories pushed by our governments. Or even the recent argument that we need ID to access the internet in order to “protect children.” Sure. The key point is that for things like vaccines, people need to trust the goverment and the process. Most people are not going to read medical papers. They should rely on government health agencies to tell them what to do. So when trust is damaged (even by unrelated government decisions), it affects how people respond to medical guidance too.