As a card-carrying atheist, I completely understand your reasoning. Aligns with my “Don’t be try not to be a dick.” rule.
How much better less bad could this pandemic have been if TFG just said: “Everyone wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands, and get the shots as the science guides us.” back in Mar. 2020? Not another word out of him on the subject. He’d be POTUS again. Nobel prizes. Millions less dead.
Sigh.