Of course, governments won’t admit to why they are failing to control covid. Governments never admit to any failure; they bluff and spin in order to protect their chances of re-election.
This of course increases the public’s distrust. All political parties do it, so there is no one to trust. Consequently more and more people turn to conspiracy theory in a desperate effort to make sense of the world.
We desperately need a new consensus of openness and transparency. You can’t fix any problem, nor even vote for an effective solution, if you’re obstructed from understanding the problem in the first place.