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Former [[CDC]] director Robert R. Redfield, Jr., a lifelong virologist who served as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director under the [[Trump Administration]], suggested in March 2021 during an interview with [[CNN]] that COVID-19 could have originated from a lab:<ref>Eustachewich, Lia (March 26, 2021). [https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/ex-cdc-director-believes-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab/ Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>

Former [[CDC]] director Robert R. Redfield, Jr., a lifelong virologist who served as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director under the [[Trump Administration]], suggested in March 2021 during an interview with [[CNN]] that COVID-19 could have originated from a lab:<ref>Eustachewich, Lia (March 26, 2021). [https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/ex-cdc-director-believes-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab/ Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human and at that moment in time, that the virus came to the human, became one of the most infectious viruses that we know in humanity for human-to-human transmission.}}

{{cquote|I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human and at that moment in time, that the virus came to the human, became one of the most infectious viruses that we know in humanity for human-to-human transmission.|||Robert Redfield}}

Fauci dismissed the comments as merely being "opinion."<ref name=faucismtimeline/> Two months later, Fauci told Katie Sanders of [[PolitiFact]] regarding the notion COVID-19 naturally emerged:<ref>Dunleavy, Jon (May 22, 2021). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fauci-no-longer-confident-covid-19-emerged-naturally Fauci no longer confident COVID-19 emerged naturally]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref><ref name=fauciflipflop>Bernstein, Brittany (May 25, 2021). [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fauci-flip-flops-on-lab-leak-theory-highly-likely-covid-19-originated-naturally/ar-AAKloXm Fauci Flip Flops on Lab Leak Theory: ‘Highly Likely’ COVID-19 Originated Naturally]. ''National Review'' via ''MSN''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>

Fauci dismissed the comments as merely being "opinion."<ref name=faucismtimeline/> Two months later, Fauci told Katie Sanders of [[PolitiFact]] regarding the notion COVID-19 naturally emerged:<ref>Dunleavy, Jon (May 22, 2021). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fauci-no-longer-confident-covid-19-emerged-naturally Fauci no longer confident COVID-19 emerged naturally]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref><ref name=fauciflipflop>Bernstein, Brittany (May 25, 2021). [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fauci-flip-flops-on-lab-leak-theory-highly-likely-covid-19-originated-naturally/ar-AAKloXm Fauci Flip Flops on Lab Leak Theory: ‘Highly Likely’ COVID-19 Originated Naturally]. ''National Review'' via ''MSN''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|No, actually. ... No, I’m not convinced about that. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out to the best of our ability exactly what happened.

{{cquote|No, actually. ... No, I’m not convinced about that. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out to the best of our ability exactly what happened.

Certainly, the people who investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could have been something else, and we need to find that out. So, you know, that’s the reason why I said I’m perfectly in favor of any investigation that looks into the origin of the virus.}}

Certainly, the people who investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could have been something else, and we need to find that out. So, you know, that’s the reason why I said I’m perfectly in favor of any investigation that looks into the origin of the virus.|||Anthony Fauci}}

Within the next few days, Fauci quickly reverted to his old stance, contending that it was "highly likely" the coronavirus occurred naturally.<ref name=fauciflipflop/> He yet again admitted in early June:<ref name=faucismtimeline/>

Within the next few days, Fauci quickly reverted to his old stance, contending that it was "highly likely" the coronavirus occurred naturally.<ref name=fauciflipflop/> He yet again admitted in early June:<ref name=faucismtimeline/>

{{cquote|'''It could have been a lab leak.'''}}

{{cquote|'''It could have been a lab leak.'''|||Anthony Fauci}}

==Opponents of Faucism==

==Opponents of Faucism==