Behind the Scenes of the Natural Origin Narrative

Behind the Scenes of the Natural Origin Narrative
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to testify at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on June 30, 2020. Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images
Jeff Carlson
Hans Mahncke
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Commentary

A sequence of events in early 2020 suggest that Dr. Anthony Fauci and a small group of scientists sought to promote the natural origins theory as a means to avoid public scrutiny of the possibility that COVID-19 had leaked from a lab.