Ideally, they could decree companies to prioritize shipments to hospitals and health workers and set-up a task force to route all purchase decisions through the govt. until mask shortage is solved.

> So the easiest solution was to do politics which is to deceive

I disagree. politics is not to deceive. Politics is to guide and educate. The longer we accept the rationale that politics is inherently an immoral game, the more our minds accept the status quo.

Those politicians who lied must be held accountable. Those who pushed for the truth but took actions to prioritize health workers should be rewarded.