There's a lot of political effort, it seems, going in to ensuring the truth is hidden from the demos. In part this can be considered necessary - some people nee

There's a lot of political effort, it seems, going in to ensuring the truth is hidden from the demos. In part this can be considered necessary - some people need lying to in order to keep them compliant and save lives, but largely is about covering up errors of judgement, and decisions that have purposefully been made against population-health advice. That effect is reduced over time, but doesn't d disappear entirely; if a politician -- or political appointee -- is in charge of the output of a scientific advisory group then their filtering will likely obscure content forever.