Fauci was told in a secret teleconference on February 1, 2020 that the COVID-19 virus very likely leaked from a laboratory in China. After the teleconference, however, Fauci and his associates began pushing an alternate narrative, instead claiming the virus was of natural origin, and the researchers who informed him and others of the likely lab leak also changed their narrative to align with Fauci, despite their own documented statements saying otherwise.<ref> https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-knew-about-virus-lab-origin-from-secret-teleconference-jeff-carlson-and-hans-mahncke_4248579.html</ref> | Fauci was told in a secret teleconference on February 1, 2020 that the COVID-19 virus very likely leaked from a laboratory in China. After the teleconference, however, Fauci and his associates began pushing an alternate narrative, instead claiming the virus was of natural origin, and the researchers who informed him and others of the likely lab leak also changed their narrative to align with Fauci, despite their own documented statements saying otherwise.<ref> https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-knew-about-virus-lab-origin-from-secret-teleconference-jeff-carlson-and-hans-mahncke_4248579.html</ref> |