Yesterday, we posted: A scientist shreds Fauci’s “attacking me is attacking science” canard.
Following up on that theme — that science and the scientific method are inherently good, but that science can be compromised by “bad actors”….
I haven’t heard or seen the headlined question raised by anybody on media.
Specifically, as it relates to the highly plausible (i.e. likely) lab-leak source of the virus:
> Did Fauci brief Trump on gain-of-function research, it’s ethical and safety issues, and Obama’s EO putting a moratorium on U.S. based research and research funding?
> Did Fauci indicate to Trump that he (Fauci) was on record as a strong advocate for gain-of function research?
> Did Fauci tell Trump that gain-of-function research was being done in the Wuhan lab … specifically on coronaviruses?
> Did Fauci admit to Trump that research grants approved by him (Fauci) may have been channeled to the Wuhan lab via an intermediary which was known to support gain-of-function research?
> Did Fauci warm Trump that if any of the above became public, the U.S. might be held partially culpable if the Wuhan lab was the source of the virus?
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It’s easy to conclude that the answers to all 5 questions are NO.
If the answers to any or all of the questions was YES, then…
> Trump would have been unlikely to have picked Fauci to lead the covid task force
> Trump would not have jumped on the lab-leak hypothesis so quickly and so forcefully.
Knowing what is now being discovered (in writing and on video) about Fauci’s conflicts of interest, wouldn’t you think that Fauci — the noble scientist — would have self-disqualified?
Hmmm
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