Dr. Fauci discouraged masks because he was concerned about shortages for medical use. If you do any amount of research at all it is pretty clear that masks help reduce the spread. It is not that they protect you from getting it (although they are now saying it may help). It is more that it helps keep the infected who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic from spreading it to others. The only mask that is really good at protecting the wearer is the N95. Others will provide some protection, at least better than none. But any mask or face covering at all is very good at keeping infected people from expelling virus into the air through breathing, talking, coughing, or sneezing. If you choose not to wear a mask you are risking others health, not just your own.