He's probably legitimately afraid because he's believing the bullshit his advisors are telling him.

These people are doctors. The problem with doctors is they'll over exaggerate the threat if they think it will compel you to make the healthy choice. That's clearly what's been going on here all along. That's why they've been counting every death with covid as a death from covid (doctors prefer to err on the side of caution because what do you have to lose by being extra-cautious when it come to health decisions?).

The problem arises when these doctors and their scaremongering methods start to intertwine with public policy and start to come into conflict with competing interests i.e. civil liberties. Doctors aren't paid to care about civil liberties. They're paid to say whatever they have to in order to persuade you to make the more "healthy" choice. And Ford is putting 100% of his unquestioning faith in these people when he should be balancing their opinions with his duty to protect our rights.

He's probably legitimately afraid because he's believing the bullshit his advisors are telling him.

These people are doctors. The problem with doctors is they'll over exaggerate the threat if they think it will compel you to make the healthy choice. That's clearly what's been going on here all along. That's why they've been counting every death with covid as a death from covid (because it's better to err on the side of caution).

The problem arises when these doctors and their scaremongering methods start to intertwine with public policy and start to come into conflict with competing interests i.e. civil liberties. Doctors aren't paid to care about civil liberties. They're paid to say whatever they have to in order to persuade you to make the more "healthy" choice. And Ford is putting 100% of his unquestioning faith in these people when he should be balancing their opinions with his duty to protect our rights.