I think you tripped over a mental shortcut where the huge majority of people who are making claims adjacent to "the government is lying to us about covid" are c

I think you tripped over a mental shortcut where the huge majority of people who are making claims adjacent to "the government is lying to us about covid" are claiming that covid actually isn't (or never was) as bad as people say it is. So the lazy read of your post is you saying that this story is further evidence of the government overreaction, even if that wasn't your intention.