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He recently told CNN: 'When you're talking about the effect on the epidemic or the pandemic as a whole, the data are less strong.
'But there are other studies, that show at an individual level, for individuals, they might be protective.'
The former health chief was responding to questions about a study by Tom Jefferson, a senior associate tutor at the University of Oxford, whose research concluded that 'there is just no evidence that they - masks - make any difference.
'Full stop.'
Fauci's admission that the data is 'less strong' on a population level comes as New Yorkers are being told to consider masking up this Labor Day weekend due to concerns about rising Covid cases and two new variants.
A spokesman for NYC's health department told DailyMail.com that wearing a mask may be a 'good idea' in crowded indoor areas this weekend when people are expected to congregate in large groups for the holidays.
But they also expressed that 'nothing about the guidance has changed' and that the city currently had no plans to make masks compulsory.
New York City is currently recording a rise in Covid cases and hospital admissions caused by the virus.
The latest data suggests the city's infection rate is about 18 cases per 100,000 people on August 29 — although this is likely to be an underestimate because so few people are now testing themselves for the virus.
Hospitalizations are also rising, with 502 patients who had Covid admitted to the city's hospitals on August 31.
Dr Fauci admits there IS a lack of evidence showing dreaded COVID mask mandates stopped pandemic - but wants us to cover-up anyway as cases spike | Daily Mail Online
He recently told CNN: 'When you're talking about the effect on the epidemic or the pandemic as a whole, the data are less strong.
'But there are other studies, that show at an individual level, for individuals, they might be protective.'
The former health chief was responding to questions about a study by Tom Jefferson, a senior associate tutor at the University of Oxford, whose research concluded that 'there is just no evidence that they - masks - make any difference.
'Full stop.'
Fauci's admission that the data is 'less strong' on a population level comes as New Yorkers are being told to consider masking up this Labor Day weekend due to concerns about rising Covid cases and two new variants.
A spokesman for NYC's health department told DailyMail.com that wearing a mask may be a 'good idea' in crowded indoor areas this weekend when people are expected to congregate in large groups for the holidays.
But they also expressed that 'nothing about the guidance has changed' and that the city currently had no plans to make masks compulsory.
New York City is currently recording a rise in Covid cases and hospital admissions caused by the virus.
The latest data suggests the city's infection rate is about 18 cases per 100,000 people on August 29 — although this is likely to be an underestimate because so few people are now testing themselves for the virus.
Hospitalizations are also rising, with 502 patients who had Covid admitted to the city's hospitals on August 31.
Dr Fauci admits there IS a lack of evidence showing dreaded COVID mask mandates stopped pandemic - but wants us to cover-up anyway as cases spike | Daily Mail Online
