I don’t think apologists for the CDC are grasping what’s at stake here. If the government and especially government scientists are widely perceived to have lied

I don’t think apologists for the CDC are grasping what’s at stake here. If the government and especially government scientists are widely perceived to have lied to the public, no matter how noble a reason they think they have, it is going to further shatter faith in our institutions. This could well be our Watergate.