Yes, Anthony Fauci and other major research officials tried to suppress the lab origin hypothesis for Covid origins; and yes, a conflicted group of scientists tried to help them [Updated July 19]
Yes, Anthony Fauci and other major research officials tried to suppress the lab origin hypothesis for Covid origins; and yes, a conflicted group of scientists tried to help them [Updated July 19]
A trove of new documents, some revealed by a Congressional subcommittee, point to political motivations rather than science for dismissing a lab origin. A hearing on Tuesday accentuated the issues.
He basically says that the covid "vaccines" do not work, cannot work (due to the biology of these kinds of viruses), and that he knew this all along. It's an "I was just kidding" admission made in perhaps the most prestigious bio-medical journal in the world about the most significant medical issue of the century by probably the most famous physician in the world (who was in many ways at the center of it all) -- but to my knowledge this piece has not been discussed anywhere.
I have seen that piece by Fauci. I don’t think that is a correct characterization of what he says. It’s well established that the newer variants of the virus have been more difficult to control with vaccines, so they are working on new ones that might do better. They should be available this fall.
In Claire Berlinski's CosmoGlobo substack in the last day or two, she referred to former President Trump in the most demonizing, insulting, and derogatory fashion imaginable... (notwithstanding/ blowing-off the 71 million undoubtedly-kosher votes he received from his deluded white trash knuckle-dragger base). For which I attempted to call her out. Now it looks like Trump, Bannon, and the rest of his corrupt neo-Nazi cabal got it right on the putative "COVID conspiracy" fraud in which Fauci et. al. played large in fomenting...not least of whom also was the egregious Dr. Peter Daszak, who explicitly avowed no conflict of interest.
Many thanks, much appreciated. I’ve been more of a commenter/analyst/pundit on this issue than a heavy-lifting investigative reporter, so also want to salute all the independent journalists and investigators who have refused to give up the search for the truth.
You are far too humble. I have read everything on the origins of COVID and I believe you are one of the best on this and have contributed greatly to the search for answers.
Regarding my earlier comment below, having just gotten an extended "like" response from one reader here, I should note that having never previously engaged with the WftW blog, and given that the anti-vax writers/critics are —broadly speaking— on the right, I assumed that to be the instant case as well. But looking further through earlier WftW essays, and encountering also the author's explicit self identification as a left-leaning progressive, I think I need to clarify that my smart-assedness was largely hyperbole; a considerable step above mere sarcasm: famously the lowest form of humor". Although my whacking on Daszak's bald-facedly lying on his "statement of non-interest" was probably too mild.
You misinterpret everything and see conspiracies all over; OTOH I see open-minded scientists that were questioning their own biases at all times, while at the same time supporting the most plausible narrative, and mindful of the political consequences of doing the opposite without a smoking gun.
Great article.
Yes, the cover up failed, but there have been few consequences to the liars.
The culture of mendacity prevailed for years and ordinary citizens were once again reminded that they exist only to fund the elites.
There is also this article by Fauci published in Cell last November:
https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/pdf/S1931-3128(22)00572-8.pdf
He basically says that the covid "vaccines" do not work, cannot work (due to the biology of these kinds of viruses), and that he knew this all along. It's an "I was just kidding" admission made in perhaps the most prestigious bio-medical journal in the world about the most significant medical issue of the century by probably the most famous physician in the world (who was in many ways at the center of it all) -- but to my knowledge this piece has not been discussed anywhere.
I have seen that piece by Fauci. I don’t think that is a correct characterization of what he says. It’s well established that the newer variants of the virus have been more difficult to control with vaccines, so they are working on new ones that might do better. They should be available this fall.
The politicization of science is hideously apparent here, with scientists condemning a plausible theory as a "conspiracy". Science in the United States should come to a full stop, starting with the politically biased universities and Academies of Science. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
In Claire Berlinski's CosmoGlobo substack in the last day or two, she referred to former President Trump in the most demonizing, insulting, and derogatory fashion imaginable... (notwithstanding/ blowing-off the 71 million undoubtedly-kosher votes he received from his deluded white trash knuckle-dragger base). For which I attempted to call her out. Now it looks like Trump, Bannon, and the rest of his corrupt neo-Nazi cabal got it right on the putative "COVID conspiracy" fraud in which Fauci et. al. played large in fomenting...not least of whom also was the egregious Dr. Peter Daszak, who explicitly avowed no conflict of interest.
Thank you Michael for this excellent article and all the work you have done over the last 3 years
on the origins of COVID
Many thanks, much appreciated. I’ve been more of a commenter/analyst/pundit on this issue than a heavy-lifting investigative reporter, so also want to salute all the independent journalists and investigators who have refused to give up the search for the truth.
You are far too humble. I have read everything on the origins of COVID and I believe you are one of the best on this and have contributed greatly to the search for answers.
Thanks again!
Regarding my earlier comment below, having just gotten an extended "like" response from one reader here, I should note that having never previously engaged with the WftW blog, and given that the anti-vax writers/critics are —broadly speaking— on the right, I assumed that to be the instant case as well. But looking further through earlier WftW essays, and encountering also the author's explicit self identification as a left-leaning progressive, I think I need to clarify that my smart-assedness was largely hyperbole; a considerable step above mere sarcasm: famously the lowest form of humor". Although my whacking on Daszak's bald-facedly lying on his "statement of non-interest" was probably too mild.
You misinterpret everything and see conspiracies all over; OTOH I see open-minded scientists that were questioning their own biases at all times, while at the same time supporting the most plausible narrative, and mindful of the political consequences of doing the opposite without a smoking gun.