Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday blasted his critics in Congress and elsewhere, rejecting claims he downplayed a lab leak for the origins of the coronavirus, distancing himself from a senior health adviser and saying he left the country well-positioned to combat the pandemic.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, center, who served as the nation’s top infectious disease expert before retiring last year, arrives on Capitol Hill to be interviewed by members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 8, …
He said early 2020 emails showed he pushed colleagues to explore the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a Chinese virus research lab. Dr. Fauci also distanced himself from Dr. David Morens, whose title is senior adviser to the director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Fauci was the director.
Dr. Fauci was the face of the U.S. response to the coronavirus, advising first President Donald Trump and then President Biden on responses.
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