Majority staff from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic said via memo Dr. Fauci 'prompted' the drafting of a publication that would 'disprove' the lab leak theory.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, allegedly"prompted" the drafting of a publication that would"disprove" the lab leak theory, according to a new House committee memo.
The committee, chaired by Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, cited several emails GOP leadership says,"suggests that Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘prompted’ Dr. Kristian Andersen, Professor, Scripps Research , to write Proximal Origin and that the goal was to ‘disprove’ any lab leak theory." In a July 14, 2021, interview with The New York Times, Andersen was asked about how his view changed from possible lab leak to definitely zoonotic. Anderson claimed that he and other researchers"looked at data from coronaviruses found in other species, such as bats and pangolins, which demonstrated that the features that first appeared unique to SARS-CoV-2 were in fact found in other, related viruses.
"Privately, Dr. Andersen did not believe the pangolin data disproved a lab leak theory despite saying so publicly. It is still unclear what intervening event changed the minds of the authors of Proximal Origin in such a short period of time. Based on this new evidence, the pangolin data was not the compelling factor; to this day, the only known intervening event was the February 1 conference call with Dr. Fauci.
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