That's illogical, captain.
Using your OS analogy, on 8.8.17, an OS was installed. After the installation, an anti-virus (the SCOK) was run and found that the initial installation was completely infected. So solution ordered was that the HD be reformatted and the OS be installed afresh. NASA cheered and called it an historic virus eradication. Rao wept in joy.
But then, before the new installation could be carried out, NASA came out guns blazing, screaming that the virus would probably still infect the new installation and they will will not be a part of it. Ok, maybe they had a point (doubtful, but my opinion).
Yet now they're planning a swearing in based on what they had agreed was a faulty installation of 8.8.17.