Me personally, I believe it is correct for health officials to be not entirely transparent if they have knowledge that doing so would lead to net-negative outco

Me personally, I believe it is correct for health officials to be not entirely transparent if they have knowledge that doing so would lead to net-negative outcomes for society as a whole. Is that good faith? I suppose it's arguable from a philosophical perspective, but since I see them as operating rationally to achieve a goal with no intent to harm individuals, I see it as good faith. Remember, the health officials promoting vaccines now lived through the antivax movement that occurred pre-COVID. That movement greatly overhyped vaccine risks in a way that convinced large numbers of people to not get vaccinated. How would you, as a good faith public health official, respond if your opponents are extreme liars with no scientific basis?