It runs the risk, though, of murdering the credibility of those officials. Who will trust anything they say, when they're right there on the record intentionall

It runs the risk, though, of murdering the credibility of those officials. Who will trust anything they say, when they're right there on the record intentionally telling ridiculous lies? If masks should be diverted to hospitals, then the correct action would be to divert them to hospitals, not to lie to people.