It wasn't just political reasons. There were experts in the field that were spreading misleading information so as not to cause a shortage of masks for healthc

It wasn't just political reasons. There were experts in the field that were spreading misleading information so as not to cause a shortage of masks for healthcare professionals. One of the leading Epidemiologists, Ian Lipkin, admitted exactly this on the poscast This Week in Virology this week - https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-special-lipkin/ https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-special-lipkin/ at timestamp ~33:30.