Thank you for mentioning gaslighting. I had that thought immediately but was wondering to myself whether it applied here (which means it was working!)

It's baffling that a company can do that and expect to still be trusted in the future, and with people's lives, no less. Alas, it'll likely blow over, if it even makes any kind of splash.

It'll be interesting to see the copious amounts of doublethink in the announcement.