Tweet from Surgeon General, Feb 19th: "Seriously people - STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus...";

Tweet from Surgeon General, Feb 19th: "Seriously people - STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus..."; in a March 2nd interview he went further: "You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a healthcare provider." (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/surgeon-general-against-masks/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/surgeon-general-against-ma...) Fauci in March: "Right now in the United States people should not be walking around with masks" (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-masks-no-longer-needed/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-masks-no-longer-need...). Both continued with detail about saving masks for health professionals and added more context. However, both Adams and Fauci made statements in the early pandemic clearly stated that one shouldn't be wearing masks. https://apnews.com/article/26f0cb8ed836a76f0e019357cbea7f58 https://apnews.com/article/26f0cb8ed836a76f0e019357cbea7f58