Because they flat out will acknowledge "The only said that so enough PPE could be bought up for health professionals!!"

To which I always retort "So, essentially, you acknowledge that they will flat out lie to you in order to elicit a specific response from you. i.e. they will tell you what they need to in order to achieve their objective"

Cue the head explosions, ad hom, dismissal, accusations of apathy and even complicity in murder, etc...

EDIT: Upon further rebuttal and mentioning of science, they will, without any sense of what they're saying, screech that science changes and the policy is based on what we (they always say WE as if they have any part in any of the knowledge or decisions. They like to lump their blind acceptance and acquiescence in as part of the actual decisions being made) know NOW. Ignoring the fact that the science behind viral transmission has not in fact changed instantly in the past 5 months in the face of the consensus of the past 50 years on masks and their efficacy.

Because they flat out will acknowledge "The only said that so enough PPE could be bought up for health professionals!!"

To which I always retort "So, essentially, you acknowledge that they will flat out lie to you in order to elicit a specific response from you. i.e. they will tell you what they need to in order to achieve their objective"

Cue the head explosions, ad hom, dismissal, accusations of apathy and even complicity in murder, etc...