[LanceH]

> Smoking cover up? Goodness. Let’s assume you’re right and smoking prevents Covid. The answer would be to get everyone to start smoking?

The answer isn't to lie to people for their own good, and there was a lot of that going on with regard to Covid.

[xphilter]

In what way have there been lies?

[LanceH]

To be clear, I stayed at home longer than most. I wore masks and still have some at home and in my car if needed. I got vaccinated as early as possible according to the rules, etc... I'm not a conspiracy theorist about these things.

I am concerned with the process and the seizure of power by so many, and how so many are just fine with it as long as it is their team.

"After the state attorney general revealed earlier this year that thousands of deaths of nursing home residents had been undercounted, Mr. Cuomo finally released the complete data, saying he had withheld it out of concern that the Trump administration might pursue a politically motivated inquiry into the state’s handling of the outbreak in nursing homes." -- Cuomo

"Fauci, along with several other US health leaders, initially advised people not to wear masks, Fauci later said that he was concerned that there wouldn’t be enough protective equipment for health care workers. This was also early in the pandemic before public health experts fully knew how contagious the disease was and how it spread." -- cnn fact check

Both lying for our own good.

Another common source of lies would be the explanations of which businesses could keep running as "necessary", which probably varied red/blue by state.

Withholding information or lying to the public is not the role of the government.

[xphilter]

Ah. Good points.