Fauci later admitted to essentially lying to the public so there wasn't a shortage of masks for healthcare workers. https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-ma

Fauci later admitted to essentially lying to the public so there wasn't a shortage of masks for healthcare workers. https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-directive-coronavirus https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-dire... > "Well, the reason for [not telling people to wear masks in March, 2020] is that we were concerned the public health community, and many people were saying this, were concerned that it was at a time when personal protective equipment, including the N95 masks and the surgical masks, were in very short supply. And we wanted to make sure that the people namely, the health care workers, who were brave enough to put themselves in a harm way, to take care of people who you know were infected with the coronavirus and the danger of them getting infected." Laudable as his intentions may be, and while I doubt he makes it a habit, he lied.