Newly released texts confirm Anthony Fauci and other 'experts' always knew mask mandates wouldn't work

Newly released text messages suggest that top US health officials, including Anthony Fauci, Michael Osterholm, Vivek Murthy, and Rochelle Walensky, were privately aware that cloth masks offered very limited protection against COVID-19 transmission. Osterholm’s messages indicated that the science on aerosols and the minimal benefit of cloth masks was clear since April 2020, yet these officials continued to promote mask mandates. The messages also revealed skepticism regarding the scientific scrutiny of studies used by the CDC to support face covering efficacy.

• Senator Rand Paul released private texts and messages from Anthony Fauci, bringing him back into public discussion.
• Critics argue that Fauci’s private communications reveal him to be arrogant, self-obsessed, fame-hungry, and dishonest.
• Text messages released by Senator Ron Johnson indicated concerns about COVID vaccines causing side effects in pregnant mothers.
• New text messages from Michael Osterholm to Anthony Fauci, Jeff Zients, Vivek Murthy, and Rochelle Walensky suggest they knew cloth masks were ineffective.
• Osterholm stated that ‘masks’ had limited benefit in preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission and that the national industrial hygienists expert group found cloth face coverings had virtually no protective benefit.
• He noted that N-95 masks are necessary for effective protection against aerosol transmission.
• Osterholm also expressed that the CDC’s supporting ‘evidence’ for face cloth coverings did not stand up to scientific scrutiny.
• The messages suggest the CDC was slow to recognize the significant role of aerosols in transmission, which drove the spread of COVID-19.
• The article claims that despite knowing masks were ineffective, public health officials promoted mandates, damaging their credibility.
• It is also suggested that even N95 masks did not work effectively, citing German states with higher case rates despite N95 mandates.