"our views on the legitimacy of experts"

Study history. The experts are USUALLY wrong, not sometimes, most of the time. The experts were wrong most of the time the past year. That includes Dr. Fauci who said that masks weren't needed, college football shouldn't have a season, the NFL shouldn't have a season, and we go on. Remember the "flatten the curve" campaign? Some states have had a normal school year with sports and everything. Others remain at home running up huge IT bills. Experts? Who?