I'm not ignoring what he said, I know he said that. I just don't think that matters anymore because he said that back in March and later walked back on those comments. He's been consistently pro-mask for awhile now, and the same is true for most experts in the medical field.
AJG, The thing is that it was and is a statement that cannot be walked back and what is really irritating today is that we primarily have young leftists in what is loosely called the media who have NO journalism training and even if they did they are not interested at all in getting at the truth.
Here would be the right line of questioning with "reporter being R and Faust (Fauci) being F
R: Did you or did you not say this on March 8th?:
"There's no reason to be walking around with a mask, While masks may block a droplet, Fauci said, they do not provide the level of protection people think they do. Wearing a mask may also have unintended consequences: People who wear masks tend to touch their face more often to adjust them, which can spread germs from their hands."
F. Yes, I did, but I was worried that people would run out and buy masks and there would be a shortage for medical workers
R. Okeyyyyyy. But you didn't say that. You implied that masks didn't work. That is, unless you are saying that "masks might block a droplet" means they do work?
F. Again, I was worried about there being a mask shortage.
R. I am confused. What masks were you talking about that "might block a droplet"?
F. Well, um, err, it was any mask
R. So, if the masks that health officials wear "might block a droplet" do you consider that "working"?
F. ONE droplet is better than none, I suppose.
R. But if someone is emitting tens of thousands and a a mask might stop one droplet, what good is that? How can you now say masks "work"?
F. Well, we have new information now.
R. What new information is that?
F. It is that people who don't show signs of COVID can transmit it
R. Yes, thank you. I heard about that, but can you stay on track here, please. What does that have to do with masks blocking just a droplet?
F. (squirmimg because no reporter dares questioning a "doctor' like this) Again, I was concerned about a shortage
R. A shortage of masks that may block ONE droplet?
F. No, no, no. Masks block more than a droplet. Where did you get that from?
R. YOU said it in March.
F. Masks stop someone that has COVID from giving it to someone else.
R. Doctor, if a mask stops just ONE droplet and that is a maybe, that means tens of thousands are NOT stopped.
F. We didn't know then what we know now.
R. What have you and other scientists found out about masks that you didn't know in March?
F. That they block up to 95% of COVID.
R. So, can you tell me how masks went from maybe blocking just one droplet to blocking 95% of them?
F. I was referring to medical masks
R. Only medical masks block MORE than one droplet? Why didn't you say this?
F. No. You're confusing me. Cloth masks work just as well.
R. If they do, why didn't you tell people in March to make their own cloth masks? Wouldn't that have saved lives?
F. I didn't know at the time that cloth masks work just as well as medical masks?
R. When did you find this out?
F. No one told me. I just figured it out on my own.
R. Really? Well, then. WHAT mask is it that may stop just ONE droplet?
F. I guess that would be cloth masks
R. Faust, can you just admit for once that you are no Dr. and don't know what the eff you're talking about?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.theguardian.com
www.nature.com
