The interview opens with Pastor Allen describing the moment COVID messaging first unsettled him — not a scandal, but how fast the narrative flipped. In March 2020 he was mocked for wearing a mask; weeks later, he was shamed for not wearing one. The shift from “we don’t know” to mandates happened without explanation. What disturbed him most wasn’t masks, but how quickly fear overrode logic — and how easily people accepted contradictions without question.
