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Fauci, along with the US Surgeon General, lied about the efficacy of masks to manage supply. Fauci also deliberately moved the goalposts on population percentage targets for herd immunity. Those weren't "bad messaging", they were deliberate falsehoods pushed out onto the public.
The initial don't wear masks this was absolutely a lie and with very good reason - lots of healthcare providers ended up dying due to lack of PPE.
But it was a lie.
The masks work bit is not a lie it's just complicated and still has a ton of debate today. That's picking and choosing which evidence base to use in public policy messaging.
Moving the goalposts on herd immunity is a political and not medical question and not really a lie no matter how well or ill advised it was.
No shit politicians lie (and Fauci is a doctor), but don't mix that up with the medical side of things.
The masks were sold out everywhere around me by early February, not sure what supply he was trying to save.
If you need to save it for healthcare providers say you need to save it for healthcare providers.
TBH, I think the more likely scenario, is he, like most of the contemporary research, believed that masks were not that effective against COVID and COVID like illnesses.
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