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> The US has no motive to cover it up The is now public evidence that Fauci acknowledge it was likely early on in private emails and then set out to campaign a
by goalieca 1y ago
> The US has no motive to cover it up
The is now public evidence that Fauci acknowledge it was likely early on in private emails and then set out to campaign against it. In front of Congress he is criticized of perjury for lying that his agency funded gain of function researching. Fauci tried to argue it was not quite gain of function but similar even though everyone knows it was. He public also show that he moved all related conversations to private emails, in violation of the records act, to avoid scrutiny. He convinced trump to reverse an Obama era rule on funding gain of function research.
In the end, Obama pardoned fauci but he did not let ecohealth alliance nor its leader off the hook. They can no longer receive funding. Its leader was also the one who wrote in the lancet that it was a natural event.
There’s lots more evidence in public record now. But clearly it was an embarrassment for all involved including the USA.
- n4r9 1y agoWell, that's the right-wing spin at least. For a more balanced perspective you can look at the WaPo fact-check: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/29/repeated-claim-that-fauci-lied-congress-about-gain-of-function-research/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/29/repeated-...