https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fauci-prompted-scientifi...
Many reports show man made in lab is more likely now.
Many reports show man made in lab is more likely now.
> Fauci said from day 1 that this was not a lab leak and anyone saying that should be discredited
Let's go straight to the source of that National Review article, the House Oversight Committee's 2022 letter to Secretary Becerra [1]. If wade through the innuendo in the letter, it's pretty clear that:
Dr. Kristen Anderson sent an email to Dr. Fauci expressing her worries about whether the furin cleavage site in SARS2 was naturally evolved or a product of genetic engineering. To address Anderson's concerns, Dr. Fauci organized an online meeting via Zoom with her and a group of other specialists, which successfully dispelled Anderson's fears.
The fact is, following the Zoom conference, Anderson, along with three other participants, authored a research paper on the origins of COVID-19 that was published in the prestigious journal, Nature, in March 2020. This paper was not directed or "commissioned" by either Fauci or Collins. While Anderson did share advance copies potentially with them and others for their remarks, a common academic convention, there wasn't any attribution given for their possible input. Suggesting that Anderson wrote the paper to advance Dr. Fauci's political agenda is just (yes) conspiratorial nonsense.
Republicans in general don't like China or the concept of expertise (almost entirely because the CCP has "Communist" in the name, and expert opinions tend to refute the majority of things Republicans fight for). Dunking on China is evergreen political fodder for the right, no matter how outlandish. In 2020, (and still today, as far as I've ever read), the preponderance of scientific evidence points to the origin of covid being zoonotic.
The atmosphere of speculation by politically-motivated buffoons didn't help clarify any of this, and continues to confuse people today.
[1] https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lette...
How about the Russian disinformation campaign about Hunter's laptop and the government insistence that social media discredit and actively stop any spreading of the information. Dozens of intelligence agents said it was not credible and shouldn't be trusted. You know, the same laptop that was introduced into evidence today in Hunter's trial.