Something is definitely off with Berenson. At best he's just incapable of considering evidence and/or conclusions at odds with his preconceived notions. We've now seen three specific areas (Malone, Ivermectin, Ukraine) where he's shown he's completely unwilling to consider anything contrary to his initial knee-jerk opinions. It's a level of closed-minded arrogance coupled with snarky pontifications that just grates on people, just an utter inability to read the room. He's very likely on the spectrum (as are many), but most learn some social graces and coping skills by middle age. Apparently he has not.

He got it right on the vaccines, but in hindsight that was likely due to stubborn contrarianism rather than any dogged pursuit of the facts. It's gone to his head and made him even more insufferable.