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| | ===February 2020=== | | ===February 2020=== |
| | + | *1 February 12:29 a.m. ESY - Fauci emailed his long-time deputy, Dr. Hugh Auchincloss. Fauci attached a paper written by [[Ralph Baric]] and Shi Zhengli. The paper highlighted taxpayer-funded [[gain-of-function]] research on coronaviruses conducted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Fauci told Auchincloss: |
| | + | {{quotebox-float|"It is essential that we speak this [morning]. Keep your cell phone on . . . read this paper . . . you will have tasks today that must be done.}} |
| | + | :*2:48 a.m. EST - Fauci sent another email, to Dr. Robert Kadlec. Dr. Kadlec was the Trump-appointed Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the [[Department of Health and Human Services]]. Attached to this email was an article that downplayed the lab leak and advocated for an evolutionary origin to COVID-19. The email did not include the Baric-Shi paper that supported the original message from Dr. Andersen that COVID-19 looked engineered, was inconsistent with evolutionary theory, and linked American tax dollars to gain of function research at the Wuhan lab. Fauci simply wrote: |
| | + | {{quotebox|Bob: This came out today. Gives a balanced view.}} |
| | + | :*11:47 a.m. EST - Auchincloss confirms Fauci’s worst fear. American tax dollars funded gain of function research at the Wuhan lab and that research didn’t go through proper oversight (the P3 framework). |
| | + | {{quotebox|"The paper you sent me says the experiments were performed before the gain-of-function pause but have since been reviewed and approved by NIH. Not sure what this means since [we are] sure that no coronavirus work has gone through the P3 framework. [We] will try to determine if we have any distant ties to this work abroad.}} |
| | + | :*Fauci already knew there was a lethal virus on the loose in Wuhan. In just 13 hours, between 10:32 p.m. January 31, 2020, and 11:47 a.m. February 1, 2020, Fauci learned three additional facts. |
| | + | ::*(1) Fauci knew that American taxpayers had helped to fund dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan. |
| | + | ::(2) Fauci knew this research funding did not go through the government’s required safety review process — a process known as the P3 framework. |
| | + | ::(3) Fauci knew that the virus “looked…engineered” and seemed to be “inconsistent with evolutionary theory.” |
| | + | :Fauci organized a conference call for later that evening. On the call were 11 virologists from around the world, including Dr. Andersen who sent Fauci the email less than 24 hours earlier. Almost all the participants on the call had previously been awarded American taxpayer-funded grants by Fauci. |
| | + | :*Fauci was the only U.S. government official on the call. Dr. Kadlec, Fauci’s superior at HHS; Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Brett Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health; and Dr. Deborah Birx, soon-to-be COVID-19 Response Coordinator were not notified. President Trump was not notified. All of the emails discussing the call are redacted.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/14/dr-faucis-emails-tell-the-story-of-panic-lies-and-a-possible-cover-up/</ref> |
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| | *4 February 2020 - WHO urges no travel bans. | | *4 February 2020 - WHO urges no travel bans. |
| | :*Democrat House members and the World Health Organization criticize Trump's decision to restrict travel from China.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/coronavirus-quaratine-travel-110750</ref> | | :*Democrat House members and the World Health Organization criticize Trump's decision to restrict travel from China.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/coronavirus-quaratine-travel-110750</ref> |