Fauci on COVID-19 Masks: Changing Guidance and Mandate Debate

This is not rocket science.

We know exactly what we can do

and what we should be doing.

Please wear a mask

There's no reason to be walking around with a mask.

I often myself wear two masks.

There's an email from you including I do not recommend

that you wear a mask Everybody should be wearing a mask

when they're outside. People should not be walking around with masks

I wear a mask when I'm outside.

You don't need a mask when you're outside.

Wear a mask at all times when you're outside

So even if you are vaccinated you should wear a mask

if you are vaccinated You do not need to wear a mask.

Dr. Fauci, thank you for your clarity.

If you wear a mask, you can decrease the likelihood

of transmitting or acquiring COVID-19 by 50, 60, 70, maybe 80 percent.

I said masks work at the margins maybe 10%

You're a master communicator.

Wear a mask all the time consistently when you're outside

It's not like I always wear one, always wear a mask.

We do not recommend people wearing masks.

Children should still wear masks.

At least one mask.

You don't need to be walking around with a mask.

Absolutely. We should have universal wearing of masks Mandating

masks. Yes, let's do it.

If it doesn't happen nationally, then I think that the mayors and the governors should do it

Mask mandates did nothing.

Forget the politics.

Look at the data Mask mandate states fared no better than states without mask

mandates In hindsight, though, when you look at this, do you think the mask mandates were a mistake?

You know,

Kaitlin, I don't want to say a mistake, but I think we really need to remember.

This high school student ended up in handcuffs after she refused to wear a mask.

Wear a mask.

A man was removed from a separate bus for not wearing a mask.

Just wear a mask. Ohio woman tased after refusing to wear a mask.

No! Wear your mask. Not wearing a mask!

This is what they do to you.

Make sure you have a mask.

Where's your mask at?

Wear a mask. Get your hand up, man!

Follow the science.

The officer body slamming a woman when she refused to wear a mask.

Based purely on the science.

They were yanked out of a school board meeting after refusing to wear a mask.

Wear a mask.

She's in jail over a dispute on whether or not to wear a mask.

Wear a mask.

She was walking without a mask on. Everybody should wear a mask.

She was told to wear a mask, but refused.

Gotta wear a mask.

And a mother is arrested in front of her young child.

You should be wearing a mask.

Do you wear a mask when you're not on television?

Um, well, you know, my, my life is, is, is pretty different.

I can say as a public health official that I would urge the leaders,

the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns

to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks.

Be as forceful as possible.

Forced out in handcuffs. Wear a mask.

I'm being arrested because I refuse to wear a mask.

Masks are very important.

Are you f***ing joking right now?

This is America. You should be wearing a mask.

He was tased in front of his wife and child.

Guided purely by the science.

That 66-year-old handcuffed because he didn't wear a mask.

Look at the science.

There is just no evidence that they, masks, make any difference.

Full stop. The N95 masks, surgical or cloth masks, makes no difference.

Okay, then why was I wearing a mask for so many times?

Policymakers to impose mask mandates were convinced by non-randomized, flawed observational studies.

But there's nothing to indicate that wearing a mask has deleterious effects.

It does have costs.

I can't count how many parents have called me and said,

look, a kid can't wear a mask.

It's really hurting. I can't read in this mask.

Or parents telling me that their kids didn't learn how to read

or have verbal problems as a result of the masking.

It has costs. It absolutely has harms.

And there's no evidence of it working.

Obviously, children who are older than two years old should be wearing a mask.

Mask mandates for children under five.

And going back to what I said before,

all of that is in the context of at the time four

to five thousand people a day were dying.

Excuse me? Mask mandates for children under five.

There's scientific evidence supporting that.

There was no study that did masks on kids before

you couldn't do the study Children of a certain

age greater than two years old should be wearing masks.

No doubt about that

Children should be wearing the best They

were kicked off a plane because their two-year-old wouldn't put on her mask

have the children have met her family was also Kicked

off the flight sign eating french fries boarding the plane didn't have a mask

It is really not prudent to pull masks or children

When the children go out into the community you want them

to continue to wear masks mom is told to get off at flight

Because two-year-old would not wear a man children should be wearing masks from two years old

We're dealing with science two-year-old with asthma thrown off a flight

for not wearing a mask stick with the science

Disabled ten-year-old kicked out of the market for not wearing a mask

should children be wearing masks Yes,

a little girl suspended for not wearing her everybody

mass police were called over the child's face But

wherever mass if you're not wearing your mask You will be suspended

you should be wearing the man and the best way

for me to prevent getting an infectious disease is wearing a Mask

no no no you do that you avoid all the paranoid aspects and do something positive

Get some exercise. That's correct.

Get good sleep I think that the normal low-tech healthy things

are the best thing that you can do David is stay

Alright, well, I'm gonna try to do that

So that was the reason for what is considered?

inconsistencies about recommendations of wearing masks

Dr.

Fauci, before I begin with my questions, just wanted to ask you,

does wearing masks stop the spread of COVID or help prevent the spread of

COVID? I'm sorry, sir. I didn't hear your question.

Dr. Fauci, does wearing masks help stop the spread of COVID?

Absolutely.

Should people keep wearing masks?

Absolutely.

What specific studies do you cite to argue that the public should be wearing masks

well into 2022?

I'm not sure I understand the connection of what you're saying.

You're telling everybody to wear a mask.

Isn't it just theater?

No, it's not.

You've had the vaccine and you're wearing two masks. Isn't that theater?

No, that's not. Here we go again with the theater.

Let's get down to the facts.

There's no science behind it. Well, let me just state for the record that masks are not theater.

Masks are protective.

There's no medicine. There's no science behind it.

Here we go again with the theater. Isn't that theater? Isn't it just theater?

Well, let me just state for the record that masks are not theater.

There's no science behind it. Here we go again with the theater.

Isn't that theater?

Isn't it just theater?

Well, let me just state for the record that masks are not theater.

There's no science behind it. Here we go again with the theater.

You parade around in two masks for show.

Well, let me just state for the record that masks are not theater. There's no science behind it.

Here we go again with the theater. You won't be able to wear a mask for another couple years.

Well, let me just state for the record that masks are not theater.

There's no science behind it. Here we go again with the theater. Isn't that theater? Isn't it just theater?

Well, let me just state for the record that masks are not theater. There's no science behind it. Here we go again with the theater. Let's get down to the facts.

If you need to be in society,

just wear a protective cloth clothing that would essentially be a functional equivalent of a mask.

You've got to get a well-fitted mask that has of a high quality, and the two we know are high quality are an N95 or a KN95.

Doesn't have to be an N95, a surgical mask, but just a cloth. covering,

cloth coverings work. I've heard now cloth masks are basically kind of useless.

Yeah, well, I recommend that you get the highest quality mask.

What do you do? What kind of mask do you wear?

Well, I have a bunch of the paper type masks and a bunch of cloth masks, okay?

That's what I do. The mask that you buy in a drugstore would be not particularly efficient in keeping out virus.

Be as forceful as possible.

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