Dr. Anthony Fauci flip-flopped once again on masking as a means to tamp down COVID-19 as he admitted that a wide-ranging study found that face masks made no difference in the course of the pandemic.
Federal agencies and state and local governments decreed onerous mask mandates for airplanes, schools, public transit, restaurants, workplaces and more starting in 2020 - thanks largely to Fauci, the public face of the nation's official COVID response.
As the White House's chief medical adviser, Fauci gave conflicting advice on the efficacy of masking, first saying it was unnecessary for the general public, then that "Universal wearing of masks is the most practical way to go." Dr. Anthony Fauci Dr. Anthony Fauci flip-flopped once again on masking as a means to tamp down COVID-19 as he admitted that a wide-ranging study found that they made no difference during the pandemic.
AP As recently as this May, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said that unvaccinated children still should mask up when playing with friends.
"There's still no evidence that masks are effective during a pandemic," Tom Jefferson, the study's lead author, said in February.
In this file photo bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 6, 2020 in New York Federal agencies and state and local governments decreed onerous mask mandates for airplanes, schools, public transit, restaurants, workplaces and more starting in 2020.
Dr. Anthony Fauci As the White House's chief medical adviser, Fauci gave advice on the efficacy of masking, first saying it was unnecessary for the general public, then that "Universal wearing of masks is the most practical way to go."
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