Sharri Markson is an Australian journalist who has done a remarkable job in her book “What really happened in Wuhan”. I am more than half way through this well researched book and it is infuriating to see the role that the National Institute of Health has played in bringing about Covid. The Institute along with Eco health and others were instrumental in funding gain of function research in China.
Anthony Fauci is not a hero. He is a villain. Fauci comes off as a pathological liar and fanatic. Fauci lied about masks in early 2020. He hid his own involvement with the Wuhan lab from the Trump administration when covid began to spread.
Some facts about the good Doctor,
1) In 2014, the Obama administration banned funding for gain of funding research because it considered it risky. Fauci, the true believer in 2012 had published an article saying a pandemic was worth risking in order to gain the knowledge that gain of function research would provide. This explains why in 2017 Fauci and the NIH resumed funding to the lab in Wuhan WITHOUT CONSULTING THE PRESIDENT OR ANY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS.
Fauci also did not inform Secretary of Health Alex Azar. Fauci remained silent about his activities when the Trump administration was discussing how to respond to the spread of covid.
2) Fauci opposed stopping travel from China. Fauci has never had the interests of Americans or humanity in his policy formulations.
3) Fauci was outraged when the Trump administration forced Eco Health (another health organization) to stop funding the Wuhan lab.
4) Fauci stated as late as February 2020 that he did not believe the virus would become a pandemic.
This is the man the media and the Democratic Party revere.
There are more outrages involving Fauci’s colleagues and supporters but it would take too long to list them all. What is beyond dispute is that western scientists have been badly compromised by China. To be fair, there are many scientists mentioned in the book who for years were warning against gain of function research and they accurately predicted what would happen. The true believers in the scientific community ignored them.
It should be remembered that for four years Russia has been bashed repeatedly. The Durham report recently proved that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 elections. The media went after the Russians and ignored the China threat. Because Hillary losing the election was a greater tragedy than the pandemic.
The case is made for the Republican Party. The Biden administration resumed funding of the World Health Organization despite the fact that its director general is a Chinese asset. This organization did nothing to stop the spread of covid and its director general praised China repeatedly.
There is debate as to when the leak in Wuhan occurred. Some experts believe October or even August. It did not occur any later than November. The Chinese lied repeatedly and covered up. It was only in late January they admitted that covid could be spread person to person. It was on January 11 that the director general of WHO announced covid could not be spread person to person.
As it is. Five million people worldwide are dead. Covid remains a problem. Every country is divided because people refuse to be vaccinated. The moral failure of those scientists aligned with China is very clear.
There is a political aspect to this. Fauci and others were in effect conducting their own foreign policy by supporting the Wuhan lab. Neither President Trump nor Secretary of State Pompeo were aware of Fauci’s activities. Republicans in Congress might want to consider charging Fauci and others who colluded with China with treason.
Unfortunately, we have a President who is senile so there is no chance justice will be pursued any time soon. The Republicans however have time. They need to make the case against Fauci and the others who assisted the Chinese.
In an ideal world, there would be a Nuremberg style tribunal to put those scientists (Chinese and their western collaborators) on trial for crimes against humanity. We do not live in an ideal world however. Regardless, the Republicans should work to punish Fauci and others.
The Democrats want to defund the Police. The Republicans should demand defunding the NIH and other compromised scientific institutions. The disruption of life needs to be punished any way possible.