When full disclosure of the truth means that people will panic and cause bigger harms, you have to take the good of society into consideration. OK, so at least

When full disclosure of the truth means that people will panic and cause bigger harms, you have to take the good of society into consideration. OK, so at least we're being honest now and not pretending it's a democracy anymore. But who is it that decides when it's something of sufficient severity that we must lie?