Was that after the first Fauci lie about them not being helpful or the second lie where he said they were?
Now you are suggesting it was all some form of performative behavior modification theater? It’s no wonder our public trust in our health authorities has decreased.
There a no pieces that don't fit here, except being over the intelligence threshold to understand what was going on.
- He said masks are not effective because they aren't. Surgical masks won't stop much and N95 needs special procedure to use properly. 95% of people clamoring for masks would be healthy unsick people who want protection from the virus, which masks aren't that great at (in general public hands).
- At the time people needed to stay home and medical workers who understand masks and using them properly needed them. There was a huge shortage.
- The number of sick people going out in public, the ones where a mask is very effective (picture a sweatshirt hanging over a garden hose, now spray someone with it) would be very small, requiring very few masks.
- If the public understood that only sick people needed to wear masks -no one would wear a mask- Health officials deeply understand this. You kill your whole program if the public associates masks with being sick.
Fauci had no lies, maybe misteps, but he could not reveal the true motivation of "Wear a mask" (stated in the line abaove) because it kills the whole initiative(as stated in the line above).
So now, lets see who can clear the hurdle:
How do you as a public health communicator get all sick people to wear masks in public?
Fauci was stuck in a game theory problem, and you need some hidden information (which I now revealed) and mild intelligence to understand it
Ahh…so he was playing the long game from the get go. Every word was calculated precisely and even his reputation suffering and the skepticism of science and vaccines were part of the master plan to save America.
Sorry, but I am not going to assume mastery and genius that manifests itself as incompetence. Feel free to call me low intelligence.
There really isn't much genius on his part or some kind of long con.
It's totally understandable that you were not aware that public masking primarily works by masking sick people, and the game theory folly that creates.
It's ok to reassess when you learn new information.
Now you are suggesting it was all some form of performative behavior modification theater? It’s no wonder our public trust in our health authorities has decreased.