Posted on 04/13/2020 7:22:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. was given inaccurate information about the coronavirus at the beginning of the crisis Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Saturday.
When Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Fauci if he believes China or the World Health Organization "misled" him or if the WHO leader himself could have been "deceived," Fauci noted that while he does not know the details behind the inaccurate information, it was disseminated from the start of the crisis.
"You know I don't know where the missteps went, the only thing I know what the end result was, that early on we did not get correct information," Fauci said. "And the incorrect information was propagated right from the beginning because you know when the first cases came out, that were identified I think on December 31st in China and we became aware of this, they said this was just animal to human period."
"Now we know retrospectively that there was ongoing transmission from human to human in China, probably at least a few weeks before then," he said.
Fauci said once the illness hit the U.S. it became evident "that was misinformation right from the beginning."
He added that "whosever fault that was, you know, we're gonna go back and take a look at that when this is all over, but clearly it was not the right information that was given to us."
I thought that was a given.
China lies, why are we surprised when China lies again?
i wish this guys 15 minutes of fame was up already. Trump has to either fire this buffoon or at least tell him to stay the hell off these cable shows.
But instead of saying we are looking into it now...
On Jan 21, Jan 29, Feb 3 & Feb 17....you said don't worry about a thing....chances it will come here is miniscule.
Fauci...you're back peddling....and we gotcha.
Are there really such viruses that only travel from animal to human?
“but clearly it was not the right information that was given to us.”
So with all it’s billions, the US CDC et al, sit back and wait to “be given information”.
That was the plan to protect the USA?
Me and a couple of my friends could have done that, at half the cost!
“Shut the FAUC up!”
The problem is that the beginning was in December and Fauci is just figuring this out in April.
Appreciate all of your graphics.
I wish someone would ask him about it ...
Then it was your job and the job of the $8 billion bureaucracy you’re a part of to call bullsh*t and figure out what was really going on.
Falci is trying to cover his own A$$ now.... he has been part of the problem.
I sometimes wonder how accurate the data are that is given out each day.... misinformation through ignorance or on purpose could destroy the country.
At what point will someone tell us that we were attacked with a biological weapon.
You should add Fauci’s February 29th comment to your list.
Dr. Fauci says U.S. was given wrong information about virus “right from the beginning”
And he bought it hook line and sinker. Some scientist.
Fauxcy’s Commie fellow travelers deceived him?
What about the million$/yr his NIH was sending to the Wuhan Bat Virus Lab?
Whatta bout the who knows how much $$$ the US is sending to WHO.
Fauxy should have been totally on top of how much to believe his foreign partners.
Seems like the doctor has been on a major KYA tour recently.
All that Fauci’s statement says is that, “I really am not as smart as I purport to be.”
ditto
CYA
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