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Dr. Fauci Says Evidence ‘Very Strongly’ Shows Virus Did Not Originate in Wuhan Lab
Epoch Times ^ | 05/05/2020 | Tom Ozimek

Posted on 05/05/2020 12:45:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, rejected the notion that the CCP virus, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, originated in a Chinese lab.

Fauci made the remarks to The National Geographic in an in-depth interview that ranged from virus origin theories to lighter topics prompted by questions like “Wow, how do you unwind?”

Asked whether he believed the virus was made in—or accidentally released from—a Chinese lab, Fauci said there was overwhelming evidence it came from the wild.

“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,” he said, adding that the mutation pattern of the virus is highly suggestive of a natural origin.

“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,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said.

A widespread theory, reiterated by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday, is that the virus made the leap from animal to human at one of Wuhan’s wildlife wet markets.

Some claim the virus occurred naturally but was brought into the Wuhan lab for study, from where it escaped, a theory Fauci dismissed as a “circular argument.”

“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,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; coronavirus; fauci; origin; who; wuhanlab
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To: pelican001

It isn’t. You are right. And Fauci certainly knows that it isn’t.


141 posted on 05/05/2020 3:21:47 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Java4Jay

Doc and the Christmas Goose are full of this.............


142 posted on 05/05/2020 3:25:27 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: a real Sheila

Leaves behind the animals and the children.

Pied Piper in reverse.


143 posted on 05/05/2020 3:29:55 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: romanesq

Get rid of the duplicitous Fauci.

He’s one swamp that Trump can drain.


144 posted on 05/05/2020 3:31:31 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: SeekAndFind

I think it is misleading. I actually think Dr. Fauci said there is no evidence to support the idea the virus was enhanced and manipulated at the virology lab and that it was a naturally occurring bat virus. That is not in conflict with the idea that it was accidentally released from the lab where they were conducting experiments with bat viruses. At least this is what Senator Cotton from Arkansas said.


145 posted on 05/05/2020 3:33:49 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: SeekAndFind

Partner, this guy Fauci is a loose cannon and he shows us every day that this guy who is getting $540,000 and Birx are a couple of folks that should never ever be trusted.

We have over 8,000 people in our gov'mint like these two (2) folks are making in salary.

They get more in their pensions that any other folks in gov'mint and the private sector. These pensions get paid by "We the People."

146 posted on 05/05/2020 3:36:10 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: hinckley buzzard

We don’t even need Pompeo’s statement with all the expertise we have on FR. There’s so much evidence now that even an el-hi student could understand it.


147 posted on 05/05/2020 3:44:35 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Starboard

No point.


148 posted on 05/05/2020 5:16:41 PM PDT by romanesq (Flubro, from the people who brought you the stupidity of grifters & the letter Q)
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To: firebrand

yes, I forgot to mention the children


149 posted on 05/05/2020 5:17:52 PM PDT by a real Sheila (Love my golden retrievers!)
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To: SeekAndFind

SWAMP CREATURE


150 posted on 05/05/2020 5:19:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: Java4Jay

Faustus can’t have this thing originating in the Chinese lab he funded with our money. That would look bad.


151 posted on 05/05/2020 5:29:36 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: WashingtonSource

If that were true, we would have had a pandemic long before now.


152 posted on 05/05/2020 5:37:37 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: SeekAndFind

Batting .000


153 posted on 05/06/2020 12:59:46 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Sacajaweau

Pompeo says he has some evidence....and he’s apparently not sharing it with Fauci. And that’s a good thing. Fauci seems to only want to contradict Pompeo with his “guess”.>>>>>>>>>

Fauci is desperate. If his little illegally US funded research program in Wuhan escaped that lab, then Fauci’s ass is grass.

Soon he will sound like a breoken record trying to fight the truth. He is a treasonous international WHO supporting China sell out, a globalist who is not true to America itself.

Look up thread at #107, where I referenced that Lancet medical journalk study. The evidence is that the virus did not mutate as expected , it replicated 99.9 % true, an amazing piece of data. This shows it came from a single source and spread rapidly. That’s not characteristic of a zzomorphic transmission from animals to humans. There would be a lot more mutation variation.

You bet it came from the lab. The question is was it an oops! or was it intentional. The Chinese act like it was intentional, guilty as hell.


154 posted on 05/06/2020 2:55:36 AM PDT by Candor7
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To: romanesq

No point.

**************

No, you’re actually missing (or refusing to see) the point. Its not just about Fauci. Its also about the fact that he has a large network of like minded bureaucrats, colleagues, associates and media pals whom detest, resent and want to undermine Trump.

The LARGER POINT here is that Fauci is like a virus that that will spread his inside knowlege to his network. Because of that the damage he could do to Trump is incalculable.

I realize you’re OK with with leaving Fauci in his place and I understand your view but I learned long ago to never leave untrustworthy people in positions where they can spread disinformation to undermine you and your agenda. Because if you do, they will.


155 posted on 05/06/2020 10:55:31 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

Fauci has no juice. He’s blocked off by POTUS. I understand but it’s not a smart thing to do and fire the guy who is going nowhere.

That feeds the DNC Media and has zero benefit.


156 posted on 05/06/2020 12:47:24 PM PDT by romanesq (Flubro, from the people who brought you the stupidity of grifters & the letter Q)
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