The other thing he tried to pull off was that you don't want to cause a shortage for the people who already take this drug for other things. There were millions of doses available and easily produced.
Then there were the masks....Only N95 was good enough said Doctor Fauci...but worried about supply for health care workers so no masks for you. Really?? Then why do they NOW say regular surgical masks are sufficient. Well, they were until last week when Fauci decided we should be wearing two masks.