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Data From 2020 On Mask Usage Once Again Proves That Fauci Was Wrong About Masking

Unfortunately for Fauci and the CDC, data keeps showing masks don't work

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Ian Miller
Oct 04, 2025
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It doesn’t seem that long ago since the collective public health establishment decided, without evidence, that wearing masks would stop COVID.

Just five years ago, Anthony Fauci, the CDC, and their media partners demanded the proliferation of mask mandates, followed by the demand that the public comply with those mask mandates. In May 2020, one Vanity Fair article was clear and specific in its claims about the efficacy of masking.

Headlined “If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says,” the writer plainly states that more masking would cut infections down to 1/12th the then-current level.

Anthony Fauci also was clear with his expectations. In late 2020, he told KQED, the Bay Area’s PBS affiliate, that he had “no doubt” that “uniform mask wearing” would “make a difference.”

“I think initially you may think you’re seeing the same result, but when it really plays out, there’s no doubt in my mind that … uniform mask wearing, distancing, avoiding crowds or the kinds of shutdowns that you’re talking about, it does make a difference and you should be assured of that,” he said.

It gets even better: He claimed the importance of comparing locations with and without masking to show that difference.

“…When you compare those states, those cities, those locations that implemented significant public health measures…and compare it with a comparable state, city, town, location…there’s no doubt that when you mitigate…it does make a difference.”

Well, thanks to a new analysis of data published by the New York Times, we learn that Fauci, and his friends at Vanity Fair, had already been proven wrong. They just didn’t notice, and simply didn’t care.

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