I don't think we can use terms like "lie" with respect to the pandemic yet, because full post-facto analysis is not done yet. That analysis isn't just on people

I don't think we can use terms like "lie" with respect to the pandemic yet, because full post-facto analysis is not done yet. That analysis isn't just on people's words, it's on their relationships to other people, entities, etc... You also have to determine what they "know" during a given time. I'm fully supportive of holding government officials accountable, especially if they've enacted their own agenda, but there's a time and place for such things as well as a path to proving them.