Posted on 05/23/2021 11:45:01 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Dr. Anthony Fauci is now calling for more investigation into China to uncover the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a dramatic reversal from his earlier position in which he dismissed theories that COVID-19 emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In a recent interview that received little attention, Fauci was asked by PolitiFact editor Katie Sanders whether he is "still confident that [COVID-19] developed naturally?"
Shockingly, Fauci said he doubts the natural emergence of COVID-19.
"No, actually," Fauci said. "No, I'm not convinced about that. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out to the best of our ability exactly what happened."
"Certainly, the people who've investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could've been something else, and we need to find that out," he continued. "So, you know, that's the reason why I said I'm perfectly in favor of any investigation that looks into the origin of the virus."
Fauci's admission came while rebuking Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), whom Fauci accused of "conflating" collaborative research with Chinese scientists on SARS viruses with the emergence of COVID-19.
Paul grilled Fauci during a Senate hearing earlier this month on the National Institutes of Health funding some research at the Wuhan virology lab.
What about the lab theory? The theory that COVID-19 escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, either accidentally or intentionally, has been dismissed by the media and many health experts as a conspiracy theory untethered from reality.
Fauci himself denounced the possibility in an interview with National Geographic one year ago.
"If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats, and what's out there now is very, very strongly leaning toward this [virus] could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated—the way the mutations have naturally evolved," Fauci said last May. "A number of very qualified evolutionary biologists have said that everything about the stepwise evolution over time strongly indicates that it evolved in nature and then jumped species."
When asked about the possibility of the virus escaping the lab after scientists brought it inside, Fauci responded, "But that means it was in the wild to begin with. That's why I don't get what they're talking about [and] why I don't spend a lot of time going in on this circular argument."
Indeed, the World Health Organization concluded in February after a rushed investigation that it was "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 came from the laboratory.
However, the possibility that COVID-19 escaped from the lab is receiving renewed attention after 18 high-profile scientists published a letter calling for more investigation into the possibility.
"Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable," the scientists wrote.
In fact, they highlighted the fact that the WHO, in concluding the pandemic did not originate from the Wuhan lab, did not give the theory "balanced consideration," explaining, "Only 4 of the 313 pages of the report and its annexes addressed the possibility of a laboratory accident."
Meanwhile, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee released a report last week revealing there is "significant circumstantial evidence" suggesting COVID-19 escaped from the Wuhan lab.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky agreed last week the lab leak theory remains a "possibility" of the pandemic's origin.
How long before he retracts the statement?
He oughtta know. He paid for it (with our money).
lol
Must be Fauci’s got his butt covered well enough to call for an investigation.......he’s certainly had tiMe to be sure his butts clean.
Truly a mind like a steel trap. đź‘Ž
Oh no its China virus all over again!
He is digitally following the science with his finger resolutely seeking the direction of the air.
Some kind of smokescreen, to keep the truth seekers off his trail.
Given what a turd-blossom Pence turned out to be and how Sen Paul IMHO now has that Fraud Fauci on the political run, maybe I wasn't so crazy after all.
If there is anything Dr. Fauci is perfect at, it's favor, favorites and favoritism.
“Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable,” the scientists wrote.
Fauci’s fundamental problem is that the zoonotic spillover theory has yet to be confirmed. No intermediary species has been identified by the genetic analysis — and if the past is any guide that should have occurred by now. Therefore, the other theory — that the Covid-Sars-2 virus was man-made — looks stronger everyday.
Fauci certainly has finally developed a firm grasp of the obvious. He obviously has the mental acuity of at least a kindergartener.
Yup,
When Fauxi gives
It Credance,
It’s time to
Remove the
“Tin Foil Hat!”
.
Something’s going on.
Fauci is running scared now. Lying f’ing scumbag. I hope they all rot in prison, because there is more than just him behind this pandemic. The Lord is at work exposing these people committing crimes against humanity.
The original Nature.Com article which many of us have archived BEFORE they put a "disclaimer" on it was archived by many here on this forum and re-posted elsewhere.
The link between Fauci, the Wuhan Lab and his securing funding for it to continue work that was banned here in the U.S. was also well documented here on FR by many.
So why is Fauci finally admitting the CHINA VIRUS "may" have been man-engineered?
Probably because he thinks all evidence was erased from the Internet and thinks he can get away with it.
Nope. Not on Free Republic's watch he can't. And he won't.
I cannot wait for this to all blow up in that fraud Fauci's face, because it's going to.
I call for an investigation into FAUCI!!! He FUNDED THIS DAMN VIRUS!!!!
Mr. Fauci, investigating China has been determined to be racist.
Gain-of-function can be based on natural evolution. They simply let the virus naturally evolve and pick out the variants that spread better and still kill. They can also help it along with genetic modification, but the process is still mostly natural: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810786/
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