The House Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus met for two days this week as part of a closed-door deep dive into the origins of COVID-19, the rollout of new vaccines and controversial pandemic protocols. Anthony Fauci was grilled for 14 hours.
The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases claimed more than 100 times on the first day of questioning alone that he “couldn't remember” potentially damning information. Nevertheless, what Fauci was ultimately willing to recall or acknowledge was revelatory.
“The transcript of Dr. Fauci's interview reveals systemic flaws in our nation's public health system and reveals serious procedural concerns with our nation's public health officials.” I have written Committee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio). “It is clear that dissenting voices were often not considered or completely suppressed. In the event of a future pandemic, the U.S. response must be based on scientific facts and conclusive data.”
social distancing was crap
After the second day of the interview, Wenstrup said that Fauci once throw yourself into As the physical embodiment of science, he acknowledged that social distancing recommendations “force Americans to 'just show up in a way' and are likely not based on scientific data.”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention I felt stressed In 2020, it was shown that adults and school children should “maintain a distance of at least 6 feet,” suggesting that students would be at “highest risk” if they were not kept far apart. Ta.
The CDC further states: Recommendation It recommends the use of face masks when physical distancing of 6 feet or more cannot be maintained, and the guidance states that “Maintaining physical distancing (6 feet or more) reduces the risk of SARS-CoV-2 from infectious respiratory exposure. 2, the risk of infection will be reduced.'' Droplets and aerosols are important even if you are not showing symptoms.
The CDC did not relax guidelines until summer 2022.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, one of former President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration commissioners, suggested as much in 2021. tell CBS News' “Face the Nation” says the 6-foot social distancing rule is “arbitrary,” with the CDC, which originally called for a 10-foot recommendation, and an anonymous Trump administration official saying 10 feet is the recommendation. He said it was a compromise between him and his appointees. Inoperable. ”
Gottlieb emphasized that this arbitrary rule is “probably the most costly recommendation.” [the] Made by CDC. ” report Forbes.
It's not a conspiracy theory
Wenstrup suggested that Fauci acknowledged this week that the lab leak theory “wasn't actually a conspiracy theory.”
Previously, Fauci had largely led a campaign to discredit likely scenarios. unsanitary The Chinese Communist Party-run laboratory at the center of the pandemic (where patient zero conducted gain-of-function experiments on the coronavirus) was the very source of the virus.
Fauci acknowledged concerns from top immunologists that COVID-19 was created in a lab funded by his agency, saying the virus was He commissioned, edited, and gave final approval to a 2020 paper suggesting that the virus is derived from a common infectious disease.
Fauci did not mention his involvement in the seminal March 2020 study published in Nature. ”The proximate origin of SARS-CoV-2'' he later quoted on the national stage to back up his claim that the virus was unlikely to have originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, reinforcing the Chinese Communist Party's denials.
Last year, the subcommittee identified two possible motives behind Fauci and his allies' apparent efforts to downplay the lab leak theory and smear its supporters. . Virologists either “want to play diplomat in defense of China,” or they “want to reduce the possibility of increased biosecurity.” and laboratory regulations. ”
A third possibility might have been to shift the blame. After all, federal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal that NIAID under former Director Fauci was funding dangerous coronavirus experiments at WIV in China's Hubei province in 2023. became.
In his testimony this week, the subcommittee was suggested Fauci said he “manifested the definition of 'laboratory leak' in order to hide the inaccurate conclusion of 'proximate origin'.” For him, it is impossible to defend “proximate origin'' as definitive while acknowledging the possibility of laboratory leaks. ”
Additional permissions and denials
In addition to failing to correct the junk science disseminated by the state and advancing at least one false presumption himself, Fauci also revealed that:
- Agreed to President Trump's controversial order restricting travel from China and other countries early in the pandemic.
- Recommended that vaccinations be compulsory for university students.
- It did not bother to consider the proposal when approving all domestic and international NIAID grants.and
- It could not be confirmed whether his previous agency had a mechanism to oversee the overseas laboratories it funded.
Wenstrup (R-Ohio) added that the gerontologist is pleased that the policies and mandates he champions “unfortunately have the potential to increase vaccine hesitancy for years to come.” He indicated that he recognized it.
The former bureaucrat doubled down on past claims that the National Institutes of Health did not fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan, although he made several meaningful confessions.
Fauci also denied allegations that he visited the CIA during the pandemic or influenced the agency's investigation into the origins of the virus. In September, the subcommittee asserted that “Mr. Fauci was taken to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters with no immigration record and participated in the analysis in order to 'influence' the agency's review.”
The committee is expected to hear further testimony from Fauci later this year.
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