The possibility that the coronavirus came out of a “laboratory leak” in Wuhan was left open by the most important US epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci.
Epidemiologist and top adviser to the Biden government has criticized those who criticized his work. “There is no doubt that there are people out there who, for one reason or another, hate me for what I did during my term.” Trump. “I was not against Trump in any way.” Fauci told MSNBC.
He further added that ““There is no guarantee that everything will happen in Wuhan’s virology laboratory.” We were trying to exchange the right information and the right data. What was not understood is that science is a dynamic process. “ added Fauci.
Former President Donald Trump’s reaction to these statements was immediate.
“There are many questions that need to be answered by Dr. Fauci. Wuhan funding from the US started foolishly from the Obama administration in 2014 but ended under the Trump administration. When I heard it, I immediately said “no”. What did Dr. know? Fauci for research “on gaining the function” and how long has he known it? “ said the former president initially in a statement.
In a second e-mail, he added: Now everyone, even the so-called “enemy”, has started saying that President Trump was right about the China virus, which comes from Wuhan’s lab. Correspondence between Dr. Fauci and China are a strong test for anyone who can ignore. “China must pay tens of trillions of dollars to America and the world for the deaths and destruction they have caused!”
In another interview with CNN on Thursday, Fauci was specifically asked about the e-mail he received in April 2020 from the president of the EcoHealth Alliance and the thanks he sent for supporting the theory that “the coronavirus may have appeared in Wuhan Institute of Virology. “Stupidity. I do not understand how all this comes from this email, “ he replied.
“I have always said and continue to say… I still think the most likely route is from an animal to a human, but I keep an open mind, that if there are other roots of the virus, then it may have come from a laboratory leak ” , continued the American epidemiologist.
Fauci allegedly received the email from the head of a nonprofit organization that had secured a $ 3.4 million state grant to conduct laboratory research.
“Emails can be interpreted differently by everyone. In this email, the sender thanked me for what he thought I had told him. I had told him that the virus probably passed from species to species. However, at the same time, I keep an open mind to a possible laboratory leak, Fauci admitted.
In January, Fauci received a warning from researcher Christian Anderson that the new coronavirus had “unusual features.” “The unusual characteristics of the virus make up a very small part of the genome, so we have to study all the sequences very carefully to see some of the traits.”said Andersen, who runs a virology lab in California.