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Re:Yes, experts will lie to you sometimes by argonaut on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:02PM (#26623812)
Not recommending and actually discouraging people from wearing a mask is the lie. It doesn't matter that the incorrect advice is followed by a couple of correct reasons. The bad advice is the lie itself.

If I say "You should smoke cigarettes because it will help you lose weight." That advice is a lie, even though on a technical/literal level cigarettes do help you lose weight.

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Re:Yes, experts will lie to you sometimes by scoutt on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:10PM (#26623965)
Sorry, but I don't think a bad advice is necessarily a lie.

> "You should smoke cigarettes because it will help you lose weight."

Standing to you the above is not a lie and I agree. I think it's a bad advice, but not a lie.

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