I probably have too much empathy in that I want to write an "in defense of lying" post that basically says "I can see why public health officials might lie to try to protect the greater good"

But I really don't fully understand how I could reconcile that in my own life.

If I lied in a "well, we can't trust people to do the right thing with all this truth lying about" way, I don't see how I could say another thing my whole life with my head held high

Every word I said I would have in my mind that no one should ever trust me b/c I'm just a liar