Terry, your patience is inspiring.
And now we’ve arrived at the grand theory: every bad pandemic decision was intentional deception, every doctor was complicit, and every correction afterward is merely the cover story.
Convenient. Also unfalsifiable.
Some policies were wrong. Some were prolonged too long. Some harms were underestimated. Those are legitimate criticisms.
But “therefore healthcare providers knowingly lied for political purposes” is an accusation in search of evidence.
Hindsight can reveal error. It does not, by itself, reveal conspiracy.