COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

Loose Cannon said

It's pretty likely that he did this to prevent people from hoarding masks so that the healthcare systems could procure them first.

And I certainly don't think Fauci is the end-all be-all like others do, but this makes sense to me.

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I think this is true. And the statement that the general public should not wear masks was always followed with the statement that N95 and medical masks should be saved for use by healthcare professionals. So, it's not like he said that they don't help stop the virus, he just said that they should be saved for those most at risk.