Fauci knew Trump would face a disease outbreak. He also knew Biden would not. Curious, no?

Today the Associated Press ran an article :

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The summary?

It reminded me of a few things- how defensive Fauci was of the lab. How Fauci insisted the lab created virus was natural in origin. How the truth was smothered:

The Post obtained a copy of the confidential email sent to EcoHealth, which had received more than $1.4 million in federal grants to help conduct research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), some of which was later revealed to have enhanced the transmissibility of SARS-like viruses, in violation of the grant.

The email includes talking points cobbled together for Fauci to respond to allegations that the US government funded the dangerous experiments in Wuhan — one month after he had emphatically denied the fact in a Senate hearing.

In a tense back-and-forth with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the then-NIAID director said, “Sen. Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely, entirely and completely incorrect … the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain of function research in the Wuhan Institute.”

Nearly three weeks after that, the fact sheet shared with Fauci stated that the experiments at WIV involved “chimeric viruses” that “replaced” spike proteins of one bat coronavirus with another but were not “unsafe lab practices.”

The SARS-CoV-2 research had been conducted at a Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) lab, though another portion of the fact sheet acknowledges that the US and “most countries” require a BSL-3 lab.

This also reminded me of something Fauci said on January 11 2017:

As COVID-19 case counts and deaths continue to climb in the U.S., critics have accused the Trump administration of downplaying the extent of the virus and delaying crucial steps needed to combat the spread.

While public health officials warned President Donald Trump early this year about a potential outbreak, social media posts claim Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded the alarm about an infectious disease outbreak years earlier.

“Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said there is ‘no doubt’ Donald J. Trump will be confronted with a surprise infectious disease outbreak during his presidency,” reads a July 10 Facebook post of a screenshot from an article.

Repeat after me

there is ‘no doubt’ Donald J. Trump will be confronted with a surprise infectious disease outbreak during his presidency,”

Then in December of 2017 the NIH lifted the pause of gain of function research.

Today, the National Institutes of Health announced that it is lifting a funding pause dating back to October 2014 on gain-of-function (GOF) experiments involving influenza, SARS, and MERS viruses. GOF research is important in helping us identify, understand, and develop strategies and effective countermeasures against rapidly evolving pathogens that pose a threat to public health.

The rest is history. So what’s with Fauci’s prescience? What crystal ball did he possess?

I find this rather curious because Fauci has never warned that Biden would face “a surprise infectious disease outbreak” during his Presidency. He knew Trump would face one and it seems he knew Biden would not.

Curious, no?

Why do you suppose that is? I know what this leads me to consider. What about you?

DrJohn

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Except for liberals being foolish.