Depending on the jurisdiction and on your political opponents what the Swiss virus guy did is liable to send you to prison for intentionally lying and acting on that lie when employed as a public servant.
Most probably the political debate is less vicious in Switzerland and that won't happen to your virus guy, but where I live (EU country from Eastern Europe) that would have been very dangerous for him to do in regards to his freedom. I guess that's why a lot of politicians double down on their lies, because if they're caught there's a small chance of them going to prison for them, so why take the risk?
The chief of our CDC equivalent said he was shopping in supermarket without mask.
Then they admitted saying that because stocks were too low and wearing a mask was gradually made mandatory and they told us to make our own masks.
So, a lot of trust lost.
Now I suspect them to do the same with the astrazeneca stock they have to liquidate.
Headlines this week said the indian variant is going to be the major one in Belgium.
I don't know anyone who uses the name Vaxzevria instead of the Astra Zeneca vaccine or just AZ.
The UK is about to open up fully in June but is now worried about the Indian variant (B.1.617).
Even though we in Denmark back in january was informed by health authorities that the English variant (B.1.1.7) was very worrying.
Truth is there will always be another variant, just look at this overview.
https://nextstrain.org/ncov/global
The trust in health authorities have been reduced greatly and have been replaced with mistrust to politicians motives, I'm sad to say.
>> I still don't understand why sooooo many countries can't be more honest about these things
Interesting definition of honest. The fact is, all these large organisations believe in the "noble lie" which undermines their credibility.
So people wore masks and life went on.
I still don't understand why sooooo many countries can't be more honest about these things