When reports surfaced that the Covid-19 virus had been released from a lab in Wuhan, Dr. Anthony Fauci and his Democratic constituencies attempted damage control.
Through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Guardian writer Jimmy Tobias was able to access emails describing a teleconference between Fauci and numerous virologists on February 1, 2020, during which they discussed the coronavirus and its likely origins.
In spite of Fauci and other health authorities’ attempts to dismiss the idea that the virus originated from a lab breach, emails reveal that, at the time, such a possibility caused significant alarm.
In an email chain, Wellcome Trust scientist Jeremy Farrar warned Fauci about the “wild west” of infectious disease research in China or the WIV.
Kristian Andersen, an expert in infectious diseases, suggested notifying the FBI and MI5 about the furin cleavage site on the spike protein of COVID-19, but Dr. Anthony Fauci chose not to heed her warning.
Most researchers agree that furin cleavage sites like the ones found in COVID-19 do not exist in nature, lending credence to the idea that the virus was created in a lab.
An email dated February 4 from former NIH director Francis Collins read: “I’d be intrigued in the concept of accidental lab passing in animals (which ones?).”
Collin said in an email, “surely it wouldn’t be done in a BSL-2 lab (low biosafety level laboratory)?” implying that he didn’t think such a risky experiment could be conducted in Wuhan.
In other email exchanges, scientists voiced the opinion that anything is possible when dealing with China.