# Rand Paul And Fauci

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-fauci/946905
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [July 20, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-fauci/946905 "2021-07-20T17:41:25Z")
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### Author: ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-and-fauci/946905/113 "2021-10-15T00:40:53Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> The date on that article was February 7, 2020. Fauci’s message about not buying masks was on February 5. They thought back then that masks weren’t important for everyone to wear, that it was better to save them for those who needed it more.

then the proper message to get out would be to encourage the making of masks to make up for shortages. Something that happened when the message to wear them changed.

The idea that Fauci based his decision on asymptomatic vs symptomatic data is just sad in the face of what other countries did.

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