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Oh look the same wishy washy bullshit he did at the start of the pandemic that everyone forgot about.
What's wishy washing about advising people to listen to health experts?
Health experts would tell you to wear a mask because it costs you nothing, not to do whatever you feel is best.
Not nothing. Proper N95s are a cost some people can't afford. But even a cloth mask is better than no mask.
You mean when they were telling people not to wear masks so that they could ensure there was enough supply for healthcare workers? And then changed to say we should all be wearing them once supplying them to healthcare workers was no longer an issue? That "wishy washy bullshit"?
That's not being wishy washy, that's making the best recommendations at the time based on the situation not just of the disease, but practical factors too.
That was only N95 masks which are the ideal ones to use but not even close to the ones a majority of people used even after the mandate. Telling people not to mask at all is not the same thing as saying "use cloth masks so that n95 masks can be preserved for healthcare workers".
They weren’t telling people not ti wear masks they were telling people that they didn’t need to wear them and had no effect. He made groundless statements because they wanted to ensure there was enough supply for healthcare workers. Then they started saying that they actually work and we must wear them.
Personally I do think they can help. But the government has been consistently dishonest. It’s not difficult to see how people won’t believe a known liar.
EDIT: for those that have a hard time accepting facts. here is a video that quotes fauci then an now confirming my points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5FY58I5RQ0
Found the person who doesn't understand how science works.