[Epoch Times] About two months later, Fauci and other top officials reversed course and issued widespread masking recommendations, regardless of symptoms."He was asked what studies or study changed his mind in that interim, which is what he claimed—he claimed that it was studied. He couldn’t name any," Jenin Younes, one of the lawyers, told The Epoch Times.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who was also present during the deposition in Maryland, said on social media that Fauci "couldn’t cite a single study" to back up his claim that masks were effective against COVID-19.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the change in masking advice on April 3, 2020, leading to widespread mask mandates. Officials, including then-CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, said studies indicating asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 led to the change. They cited zero studies on mask effectiveness. Many studies on masks don’t support their usage, including a CDC study widely cited by top officials, researchers have found.
Actually, that study was cited by both sides.