Fauci is not an epidemiologist. He was above his depth. He misrepresented himself as an expert in a field he had no expertise in, so in that sense he lied. He depended on the badly flawed model by Chicken Little British epidemiologist Neil Ferguson, who has predicted 12 out of the last 2 pandemics, neither of them accurately.
The Lancet and Ferguson have caused more damage to the British economy than the Luftwaffe ever did. Joseph Goebbels would have paid some serious Reichsmarks to have had a secret agent like Ferguson and a weapon like the Lancet on his side.
I talk to people who still use Neil Ferguson as a reference - I tell them Ferguson was fired! He is no longer a trusted source on anything.
I am using the phrase “look it up” on a daily basis.