We should had said that with the covid shot. But by then, many more people won't take it. So that's why the government was not completely honest so we'll get more people to take it.
I understand, Fauci has admitted as much about his stance on masks, he told a “Nobel Lie” for the greater good, the result has been a disaster, IMO telling a little lie up front for the greater good ends up costing a lot more when people buy into the lie then find out they were lied to destroying any credibility the person and agency had.
In the future we might have a situation where people like Fauci are telling the truth and no one believes them and we all suffer because of it.