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>Last year they consciously lied that masks were ineffective to preserve them for health workers. I'm tired of hearing this meme. A lie implies they were hidin
by Aunche 5y ago
>Last year they consciously lied that masks were ineffective to preserve them for health workers.
I'm tired of hearing this meme. A lie implies they were hiding their intentions, but leadership was transparent about saving masks for healthcare workers from the start. It's just that nobody bothered to listen, and now people want someone to blame for not listening. Here is a video from Fauci from early March:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PRa6t_e7dgI https://youtube.com/watch?v=PRa6t_e7dgI
In it Fauci says that masks are primarily ineffective at preventing you from contracting disease and effective at preventing its spread. At the time, it made sense to save the masks for healthcare workers and sick people.
- refurb 5y agoThe apologism is pretty remarkable here. Yes, the attempt was to save masks for healthcare workers, but the message was clear that masks didn’t make that much difference. Fauci should own that, not twist words to claim he never said it.
- Aunche 5y agoHe's right. Masks don't make much of a difference at preventing you from contracting covid. It's easy for you to say criticize Fauci's words when you don't get blamed if half the doctors quit or get covid because they don't have enough masks.