Although masks were not the panacea for the pandemic, the science has consistently proven that masks do, in fact, moderately mitigate the transmission of the coronavirus. But if you listened to Anthony Fauci throughout the pandemic, you would likely have no idea what to think.

In his attempt to do damage control over his battered reputation and credibility, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director found a friend in Kara Swisher of the New York Times, who presented an unchallenged strawman of his critics, specifically as it pertains to those livid with Fauci’s flip-flopping on the science of masks.