More and more people seem to be coming out and basically saying, “Yeah, we’ve been lying to you for the past two years. We knew we were lying, but it seemed like a good idea. You know: money, politics, lawyers. So, we lied. And we will probably continue to lie. Just thought you’d want to know.”
This.
Instead of the BS 'we didn't want to cause a mask shortage', the fact is this was a reaction to Trump not wearing one, and a strategy to scare the public into compliance for future vaccinations and shut downs. It worked.