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White House Updates Official COVID Page On Masks In Rebuke Of FauciIan MillerPublished April 18, 2025 4:58 PM EDThttps://www.outkick.com/analysis/white-house-updates-official-covid-page-masks-rebuke-fauciAnthony Fauci must be furious.
Fauci spent years being the public face of the country's response to the COVID-
9 pandemic. He flip-flopped on almost every major issue, seamlessly shifting his
guidance based on current political whims and desire to coerce behavior.
Nowhere was this more obvious than his dictates on masks. Fauci, infamously,
said on 60 Minutes in Febraury 2020 that masks didn't work. They didn't provide
the protection people thought they did with gaps in fit, and wearing masks could
actually make things worse by encouraging wearers to touch their face.
Just a few months later, he did a 180, then backtracked by making up a post-
hoc justification for his initial remarks. Laughably, Fauci said that he
recommended against masks to protect supply for healthcare workers. As if
hospitals would be buying cloth masks on Amazon like the general public.
Later, he guaranteed in interviews that cities or states that listened to his advice
would fare better than those that didn't. Masks would limit COVID transmission
so effectively, he believed, that it would be immediately obvious which states
had mandates and which didn't. It was, but not in the way he expected.
And now, finally, after years of being proven wrong, the White House has
officially and completely rebuked Fauci, in every conceivable way.White House COVID Page Points Out Fauci's Duplicitous Guidance A new White House official page points out, in detail, exactly where Fauci and the public health expert class went wrong on COVID.
It starts by laying out the case for the lab leak origin of the coronavirus, with
explanations of how Fauci and his partners misled the public by obscuring
information and evidence. How they used the "FOIA lady" to hide emails, used
private communications to avoid scrutiny, and downplayed the conduct of
EcoHealth Alliance because they helped fund it.
They roast the World Health Organization for caving to China and attempting to
broaden its powers in the aftermath of "abject failure."
"The WHO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was an abject failure because it
caved to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party and placed China’s political
interests ahead of its international duties. Further, the WHO’s newest effort to
solve the problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic — via a "Pandemic
Treaty" — may harm the United States," the site reads.
Social distancing is criticized, correctly pointing out that Fauci testified that
there was no scientific data or evidence to support their specific
recommendations.
"The '6 feet apart' social distancing recommendation — which shut down schools
and small business across the country — was arbitrary and not based on science.
During closed door testimony, Dr. Fauci testified that the guidance ‘sort of just
appeared.’"
There's another section demolishing the extended lockdowns that came into
effect in blue states like California, Illinois and New York. While even the initial
lockdown, the "15 Days to Slow the Spread" was a poorly reasoned policy that
had no chance of working, extended closures were immensely harmful with no
demonstrable benefit.
"Prolonged lockdowns caused immeasurable harm to not only the American
economy, but also to the mental and physical health of Americans, with a
particularly negative effect on younger citizens. Rather than prioritizing the
protection of the most vulnerable populations, federal and state government
policies forced millions of Americans to forgo crucial elements of a healthy and
financially sound life," it says.
Then there's the good stuff: mask mandates. While there's plenty more detail
that could be added, it's immensely rewarding to see, finally, the truth on an
official White House website. Masks don't work. There's no evidence supporting
mandates, and public health, especially Fauci, flip-flopped without supporting
data.
"There was no conclusive evidence that masks effectively protected Americans
from COVID-19. Public health officials flipped-flopped on the efficacy of masks
without providing Americans scientific data — causing a massive uptick in public
distrust."
This is inarguably true. There were no new studies or data justifying the flip-
flop, just wishful thinking and guessing based on results in Asia. It was an
inexcusable, world-changing policy that had no basis in evidence, but was
treated as equivalent to gospel truth by a willing media and left-wing politicians.
Over time, the CDC and Fauci relied on ridiculous "studies" that were quickly
debunked, anecdotes, and ever-shfiting goal posts. Wear one cloth mask turned
to wear a surgical mask. That turned into, "wear two masks," then wear an N95,
then wear two N95's.
All the while ignoring that jurisdictions that tried "high-quality" mask mandates
also failed in spectacular fashion.
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