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Comments like this is why trying to discuss this topic is sort of pointless. Anyone with credence say "It could have been a lab leak" and someone with an agenda

Comments like this is why trying to discuss this topic is sort of pointless. Anyone with credence say "It could have been a lab leak" and someone with an agenda goes off screaming that "Fauci was lying to us! He was hiding something!". Good scientists don't rule anything out, even Fauci's statement you're quoting is hedged, he didn't say "No way it was a lab leak", he said "The evidence very strongly leans towards...". In any case his job wasn't to find where it came from, but to guide the government on how to manage and survive an epidemic. I can already see the next commenter looking to copy/paste what he said about masks...

belter 3y ago
You characterize what happened as scientists making judgement calls, and others claiming they were lying. Some US political nut cases tried to spin it that way, but the reason why the post is relevant to finding the causes of the pandemic, is because the statements were biased from the beginning. On the issue of masks, here is a detailed and fair assessment of what happened on his statements on masks: "Anthony Fauci May Not Have 'Lied' About Face Masks, but He Was Not Exactly Honest Either" - https://reason.com/2021/06/04/anthony-fauci-may-not-have-lied-about-face-masks-but-he-was-not-exactly-honest-either/ https://reason.com/2021/06/04/anthony-fauci-may-not-have-lie... "Politifact labels the claim that Fauci "lied" when he changed his advice as "false." But it seems fair to say he was less than completely candid about the reasons for his initial position and the reasons for abandoning it." Again, speaks to the core of being economical or biased with the truth, for reasons we will keep learning about day after day.