It's not the first time he has done it. He let 17000 aids patients die from bacterial pnuemonia by denying them Bactrim. Much the same way he denied the use of Hydoxychloroquine and Ivermectin.
https://www.palmerfoundation.com.au/dr-fauci-and-the-fda-are-doing-the-same-thing-that-was-done-in-1987-and-thats-led-to-the-deaths-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-americans/