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Rebuffing then-President Donald Trump, Fauci downplays the possibility of a lab leak, saying the virus’ “mutations” are “totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human.”}}

Rebuffing then-President Donald Trump, Fauci downplays the possibility of a lab leak, saying the virus’ “mutations” are “totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human.”}}

After former [[CDC]] director Robert Redfield suggested in March 2021 amidst unearthed evidence that coronavirus could have originated from a lab, Fauci dismissed the allegations 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>

After former [[CDC]] director Robert Redfield suggested in March 2021 amidst unearthed evidence that coronavirus could have originated from a lab, Fauci dismissed the allegations 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.}}

==Opponents of Faucism==

==Opponents of Faucism==