Newly released texts confirm Anthony Fauci and other 'experts' always knew mask mandates wouldn't work

When Sen.

Rand Paul released private texts and messages from Anthony Fauci to the public several weeks ago, it brought the now-former head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases back into the national conversation.

Many involved in that national conversation have been critical of what the "Fauci diaries" revealed.

That the supposedly unbiased "expert" was, in fact, anything but.

Instead, he was an arrogant, self-obsessed, fame-hungry, frequently dishonest narcissist .

Other "news" outlets like CNN or MSNBC either ignored the controversy over his diary, and the many inconsistencies in it, preferring to avoid humiliating themselves for their past hero worship.

ANTHONY FAUCI DIARY ENTRIES SET SOCIAL MEDIA ABLAZE AS CRITICS MOCK, CONDEMN BEHAVIOR It wasn't just the emails that caused embarrassment for Fauci and his media partners, however.

Text messages released by Sen.

Ron Johnson showed that he had legitimate concerns over the possibility that COVID vaccines were causing side effects in pregnant mothers.

Concerns that warranted further investigation, regardless of the outcome.

Well, there are some more new text messages that should cast doubt on both Fauci's public statements and the media's all-too-willing promotion of them.

One such message came from Michael Osterholm.

Osterholm is an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, as well as a professor in the school's public health department.

Importantly, he's also the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).