He was also anti-mask, as I pointed out, as was the CDC/WHO despite a decade's worth of use by Asian countries who didn't wait on RCTs.

It's going to require better citations than that to label Fauci "anti-mask."

Your source possibly supports "ambivalently-mask," but even that would be debatable.

His comments seem fair given the situation and knowledge at the time, as well as the political balance he was striking with his public comments.

"When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?" -- John Maynard Keynes

Yeah because he knew that there was a supply crunch at the time and wanted them to go to first responders. Morever there is not solid evidence that mandatory masks are necessary, as Singapore hasn't mandated them, and amidst other social distancing procedures and testing regime, they have kept numbers relatively low.

Singapore has mandated masks effective April 14, and cases have recently exploded largely due to unchecked transmission in dorms for foreign workers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_S...

And this whole discussion is about some presumed opinions about masks from February.