Posted on 06/03/2021 11:23:24 AM PDT by conservative98
Dr. Anthony Fauci doubled down on claims that the coronavirus likely originated from an animal then was transmitted to humans in a Thursday morning interview on CNN, despite increasing speculation that it leaked from a China lab.
Fauci, who served under former President Trump and President Joe Biden, continues to fight the idea that he downplayed theories that the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a trove of emails exchange at the beginning of the pandemic revealed he was warned about a potential lab leak.
'I have always said and will say today to you ... that I still believe the most likely origin is from an animal species to a human,' Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Thursday on CNN.
Although he said he's keeping an open mind about the possibility of a lab leak, Fauci said it was 'far-fetched' to think the Chinese would kill their own people.
'The idea, I think, is quite far-fetched that the Chinese deliberately engineered something so that they could kill themselves, as well as other people. I think that’s a bit far out.'
In a separate Thursday morning interview on MSNBC, Fauci said they want to definitively find the cause of the coronavirus pandemic - whatever that origin is - but pointing the finger at China isn't going to help.
'It's in China's interest to find out exactly what it is,' Fauci said. 'Obviously, you want openness and cooperation. One of the ways to get it is not to be accusatory. Try to get a forensic, scientific and investigational approach. I think the accusatory part about it is only going to make (China) pull back more.'
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Fauci was asked during the MSNBC interview if he thought it was in China’s best interest to hide information if the origin was a lab leak or if it was designing a weapon.
He sidestepped, saying no matter what he says, ‘it will be taken completely out of context,’ which he said has already happened after more than 3,200 of his emails from January to June 2020 were obtained and published by Buzzfeed on Tuesday.
The emails showed leading virus experts warned him COVID-19 may have been created in a lab while he publicly played such claims down.
Many emails were redacted, and Fauci was asked during the Thursday morning interview on CNN if he remembers what was said.
‘They only took about 10,000 emails from me. Of course, I remember. I remember all 10,000 of them,’ he said sarcastically. ‘Give me a break.’
In an interview with NewsNation Now anchor Leland Vittert on The Donlon Report, Fauci said the emails ‘are really ripe to be taken out of context
Fauci now claims to run American foreign policy and intelligence in addition to our economy. He’s had plenty of difficulty with the actual science, models and data re the Wuhan China virus. But, hey, he’s media proof.https://t.co/8iPrAGz8u4— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) May 5, 2020
Fauci needs to read up on Mao before deeming something far-fetched.
Chicoms we’re trying to develop a weapon and it got away from their poorly built lab.
What’s million Chinese?
China’s views their people as despensible “For the Greater Good”.
They could lose 10 million people and wouldn’t even notice it.
He’s absolutely deliberately lying here. He knows very well what “gain of function” research is and why it is done, hell, he FUNDED it!
THEY engineered it to kill US.
About the first article to be censored that I’m aware of us was Chinese researchers saying that Covid-19 impacts Asians less than it does others. SCRUBBED. Gosh, I wonder why...
Although he said he’s keeping an open mind about the possibility of a lab leak, Fauci said it was ‘far-fetched’ to think the Chinese would kill their own people.
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WTF?
A lab leak must = released on purpose to kill themselves??
Way past time to put Fauci under oath.
Then he needs to explain whaT “GAIN OF FUNCTION” MEANS WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT A VIRUS. i HATE THAT MY CAPLOCKS COMES ON EVERYTIME I HIT THE “A” KEY.
So, Dr. Fauci, you agree it is completely valid to believe China made the virus and ACCIDENTALLY released it?
Who said they were engineering something to kill themselves, doctor? Something they engineered to kill others got out from under them...don’t cha think?
>>‘They only took about 10,000 emails from me. Of course, I remember. I remember all 10,000 of them,’ he said sarcastically. ‘Give me a break.’
The Hillary Clinton legal dodge, “I don’t remember.”
It's called a bioweapon you lying little commie and the probably didn't intend on releasing it on themselves. They probably planned on sneaking it into the USA and then locking down china
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