The NPCs don't believe anything him and people like him have said that is available online. They will dismiss it because he was trying to protect them. The news tells them this.

The Branch Covidians and the Fauci Faithful will believe every word he says.

There is a certain type of person who does terrible things and shields themselves from responsibility via delusional lying. It's the same kind of person who struggles to accept that they are not the center of the universe and that other people do in fact exist

Fauci is delusional. He surrounds himself with similar company and collaborates with consensus reality news sites. These entities will, of course, edit their previous works and will allow him to live in delusion. 1984 was here when Zamyatin/Orwell put it to paper.

Every history book should begin with a disclaimer.