(2020-06-12) Fauci Explains Why Public Wasnt Told To Wear Masks When Pandemic Began

Anthony Fauci Explains Why Public Wasn't Told to Wear Masks When Pandemic Began. Back when the coronavirus pandemic cases started picking up in early Spring, many Americans and experts asked: Should we be wearing masks? (filter mask)

In response, some public health officials, such as the U.S. Surgeon, said that masks weren't necessary for the general public.

why weren't we told to wear masks in the beginning?

"Well, the reason for that is that we were concerned the public health community, and many people were saying this, were concerned that it was at a time when personal protective equipment, including the N95 masks and the surgical masks, were in very short supply. And we wanted to make sure that the people namely, the health care workers, who were brave enough to put themselves in a harm way, to take care of people who you know were infected with the coronavirus and the danger of them getting infected."