> Trying to manipulate populations into a desired behavior by lying to them is, as you point out, counterproductive in the long run. Manipulating populations i

> Trying to manipulate populations into a desired behavior by lying to them is, as you point out, counterproductive in the long run. Manipulating populations is what governments do. Subsidizing milk prices, fining people who litter, inspecting the electrical work in new houses, those are all "trying to manipulate populations into a desired behavior". As for the "lying" part, I don't see it. What I assume that the antivax side wants is some sort of rule like, "If you get a test showing some level of antibodies, you can be exempt from vaccine mandates" policy. That might be sound policy or it might not, I dunno, but "the government isn't implementing my preferred policy" is very different from "the government is lying".