The Lonious Monk
Celestial Souljah
It wasnt necessarily a mask lie. Early on in the pandemic government and health officials were worried about a mask shortage. The general public was going out and buying em all, then there might be none for health care workers.
Plus early on no one knew it was so easily transmitted or that it would get this bad.
lol You said it was a lie and immediately identified their lie. They said that masks weren't effective, and we know that was solely to get the public to stop buying masks so first responders would have more. They knew masks were effective. If they didn't, they wouldn't have believed it was so vital go make sure first responders had them. You can argue that lying might have been the most effective way of achieving their goal, but it was still a lie, and it has still been detrimental to the new effort to get people to wear masks.