Yup. Anyone in power has an incentive to say “we’ve got this under control, trust us everything’s fine.” This is true at every level. From downplaying mistakes

Yup. Anyone in power has an incentive to say “we’ve got this under control, trust us everything’s fine.” This is true at every level. From downplaying mistakes in nursing homes in NY, to fudging numbers in FL, to Trump wishing we’d stop testing, to Biden proclaiming victory upon the vaccine rollout, it’s all the same incentive.