It's more the self contradicting ideas which some people hold, that are the problem.
I know you really really want to believe that a thing which has coercion as a basis can be the thing which also protects people from coercion.
If you read what I just said, a couple of times, eventually your innate logic will tell you why your belief is impossible and my statement is accurate.
You will then shoot the messenger and talk about drapes, Why do we always have to talk about drapes?
He was trying to dump something about not wearing masks as a consencus and if fauci regrets not being more forceful about telling people to wear.
Fauci 'Oh we are going to play that game' and the congressman interrupts 'it should be yes or no'
Fauci 'No there is more than a 'yes or no' by the tone of your question'" and then he gave a very good answer about the hospitals needing that PPE and Fauci was not going to divert it from them. And the congressman asked questions to the other witnesses lol.