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peppertree

(22,846 posts)
Mon May 24, 2021, 12:00 AM May 2021

Fauci 'not convinced' COVID-19 developed naturally

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is "not convinced" COVID-19 developed naturally, and called for an open investigation into the virus' origins.

"There’s a lot of cloudiness around the origins of COVID-19 still, so I wanted to ask, are you still confident that it developed naturally?" PolitiFact’s Katie Sanders asked the nation’s top infectious disease expert in an event, United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking.

"No actually," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said, around 12 minutes into footage of the event, which was held earlier this month but overlooked by most media outlets.

"I am not convinced about that, I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened."

At: https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-apos-not-convinced-apos-120653229.html



Dr. Anthony Fauci at Politifact's 'United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking' event.
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Fauci 'not convinced' COVID-19 developed naturally (Original Post) peppertree May 2021 OP
Yikes! Duppers May 2021 #1
OMG, yes. ShazzieB May 2021 #2
Indeed. Duppers May 2021 #3
Because the RW makes everything political, ie open to spin and propaganda elias7 May 2021 #4
It's called science Effete Snob May 2021 #5

Duppers

(28,234 posts)
1. Yikes!
Mon May 24, 2021, 02:45 AM
May 2021

He may be giving the RW playbook more fuel; they've been saying "China planned this."

Yes: "we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened."

ShazzieB

(18,485 posts)
2. OMG, yes.
Mon May 24, 2021, 02:54 AM
May 2021

When I read this, I found myself thinking, "Oh, Anthony honey, you may have just opened a big old can of worms here!"

I hope that's not the case, but it wouldn't surprise me if some of the rwnj types latch on to this and put it to ill use. *sigh*

elias7

(4,180 posts)
4. Because the RW makes everything political, ie open to spin and propaganda
Mon May 24, 2021, 05:28 AM
May 2021

There’s no honesty in them at all

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
5. It's called science
Mon May 24, 2021, 06:17 AM
May 2021

Morons are uncomfortable with degrees of relative certainty.

Morons need people to tell them things with certainty, and there is no shortage of people willing to do that.

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