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What he’s saying: Paul has an “unhinged obsession with me,” and his motive for the hearing is to “get me to say something — anything — that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, quote, behind bars unquote,” Fauci said.
“Although it pains me to do so … under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,” Fauci said.
edit Jesus, is reading comprehension this bad on Lemmy, or is this post just full of people who love Trump and his bullshit? I’m not saying Fauci is bad. I’m not saying Obama is bad. I will add an ELI5 bullet point tldr for yall.
tl;dr:
Well, of course Fauci took the Fifth. The NIH, headed by Fauci, had authorized and directly funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study Gain of Function research to increase the transmissibility of bat corona viruses in humans. Research into making viruses just like the Corona virus more transmissible in humans, at that lab right near where Corona first appeared. I posses enough suspension of disbelief to think elves and magic are real, but not enough to believe that’s a coincidence.
The US has done it’s damndest to act like it had no involvement in Corona. To either pin it on China since that’s where it appeared or insist it’s origins can’t be known. I’m sure 40 years from now there will be a batch of documents declassified that admit the US was directly responsible for the fuck up that led to the deaths of a shitload of people… because that’s what pretty much every batch of files the US declassifies after virtually everyone involved has shuffled off this mortal coil always shows.
That’s not saying Fauci should be in jail. That’s not saying I’m a fan of the idiot Republican response and witch hunt. It’s stupid and likely a Trumpian ploy to try to blame Obama and Democrats for Covid as the NIH began funding WIV in 2014.
Fauci was simply doing his job. The US government was funding a very bad line of research, that went very wrong, then lied about it and covered it up, and moved that research to different facilities as the US government tends to do. It’s something the US government and people in it should answer for, and things that should come out into the light. But this isn’t any attempt to honestly do that. This is Trump’s evil puppeteers trying to find a way to pin something huge and awful on Democrats before the midterms in case his other plans to rig or cancel the elections don’t pan out.
Uh… Waitress? Yeah… Um… Can I have some of whatever the hell you gave this guy?
Lost at the confusion here. The NIH funding and it’s dates, the research that was being done, the location of the lab doing that exact research being exactly where Covid started appearing, all of that stuff is public record. Those are just simple facts.
Are you all saying that even though the US Government was paying for research to be done into making bat corona viruses more transmissible in humans at WIV, and right then during said research a bat corona virus that is surprisingly transmissible in humans appears for the first time, right beside that very same laboratory… you all believe that’s just an amazing coincidence?
It makes more sense to you that Covid was really spread to humans because some wild bats bit some random unknown animal that ended up in the market right beside where we were paying for bat corona virus research to be done… and that passing through this unknown animal is what just happened to make it extra transmissible in humans, the same thing that was being researched on the same viruses right next door? Even though that’s never been shown or traced or ever shown up again in any other sample in any other area meat market in all the years since? Because the super trustworthy US Government that never lies or covers anything up said they had no idea what happened?
I don’t get it. I know Trump lies constantly, virtually every time he talks… but he didn’t invent having the US government lie and cover shit up and deny any responsibility or involvement. That’s been a thing for a very long time. The US government has committed loads of atrocities and then lied and covered them up.
From the Trail of Tears to Operation Wetback to overthrowing South American governments and invading the Middle East, to the CIA turning a blind eye or taking part in cocaine flooding the inner cities, to ICE gunning down innocent people in public every other day… our government has done a lot of terrible things. And they almost always lie about those things and only release the truth decades later when random batches of documents everyone stopped caring about end up declassified.
Why is the US government being connected to the Corona Virus something people see as insane? What do you think they would do if a virus they’d been funding making spread easier through humans accidentally got out in a lab leak and millions of people across the world started panicking and dying?
Own up to it? Say “Our bad on that one. We apologize to the people of the world. Stay inside, don’t go near each other, close your businesses, and hopefully only a few million older folks will die because of this.”
7 to potentially 35 millions people globally died from Covid. Do you genuinely believe any country would be willing to admit responsibility in that? To have endless demands for repayment for medical costs, financial losses to businesses, financial losses to other governments, lawsuits for compensation for untimely death of relatives, etc, etc?
The one country who (before Trump) saw itself as the global leader for justice and freedom and insisted had China or any large rival overtaken them the would would be plunged into evil communist hell, admitting to responsibility for something that would almost certainly have a large negative effect on their standing throughout the world and definitely do that unless they paid out trillions in compensation?
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Laugh Out. Loud. That’s a lot of words to explain your batshittery.
Crazy. He showed compelling evidence to prove the USA caused Covid and killed millions. You come across as a fed who probably used multiple alts to downvote their comment and basically distract people away. I am actually curious to hear a dismantle of this, but you and the other guy who have replied to him said “Laugh out. Loud. That’s a lot of words to explain your batshittery.” Without giving a single sentence with value in it.
I’ve noticed this a lot. People like you, who drop NPC one-liners like these and then leave. What’s up with that? You rely too much on downvotes? Or are you trying to cover up the fact that maybe the USA actually created Covid, not China as many were lied to, including myself?
Feel free to let me know what you find crazy or even unreasonable about it.
I took the time to fully convey my thoughts on the topic. I know that words can be tuff and thinking can make your head ouchy, but I believe in you and think that if you really try you could muster up some genuine thoughts and response instead of making yourself look like an idiot.
I know your mom and I don’t say it very often, but we’re not completely disappointed in you. Make us proud, slugger.
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Why are people still downvoting without giving at least 1 short debunk to dismantle OP’s claims?
I am now more convinced that Covid is actually USA’s fuck up and not China’s. It was the NIH’s fault, and Trump administration’s, for abruptly cutting its funding. Is this why you don’t want people to read what OP wrote? You are a Blue MAGA American Exceptionalist who supports and benefits the Jeffrey Epstein Class by convincing people to not read these things?
All is left is to prove the malice, and knowing Trump and Americans, I am sure they did it on purpose to “cull the poor, reduce overpopulation” or whatever Supremacist nonsense those Nazis believe in. Nobody is blaming Fauci here either, nor democrats, they have nothing to do with this. But then again, maybe you’re actually a MAGA for the way you replied to it.
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The “conspiracy” is that the USA stopped its funding, which led to those accidents, the same way RFK Jr. and Elon Musk have caused so many health and economic problems for cutting corners the same way, in the name of profit and anti-intellectualism. That might not be solid evidence yet, but, judging by how barbaric and stupid the American government has been, it will not be surprising anymore.
Yup. From now on, the USA caused Covid. I used to be so adamant about China being guilty, you can literally see my previous comments before this day where I said shit like: “How come nobody is paying more attention to the scientists in Wuhan? Even if it was a genuine accident, Covid killed from 7 to 15 million lives, almost three times the Holocaust, in just 2 years. Such a massive punch to Humanity deserves to be further addressed, how come nobody has heard about these people or judged them? All I want is to hear what they have to say, at least. I dont trust China, because I still remember how they silenced Dr. Li Wenliang, and if it was a biological attack to make the West look irresponsible, they succeeded. The USA lost so many people thanks to their president encouraging them to be antivax and so on. In the eyes of the world, that is incredibly damaging.”
I literally was the only dude in Lemmy who has brought up Covid like that recently, a few days before this Dr. Fauci nonsense popped up, it almost feels like they read it and are using it to distract you from the Jeffrey Epstein files and the failure of a war in Iran.
People like you have finally convinced me that it was the USA all along. You are even trying to imply I am falling for Chinese propaganda or something? I am not. I am just talking to you, after seeing new evidence about Dr. Fauci and the NIH.
Fuck the USA. Absolute terrorist country, holy fucking shit. You don’t have enough by killing over 30,000+ Mexicans every year, do you? Or the dozens of thousands of Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East? What a disgusting country, seriously.
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Your sister is an idiot. My conspiracy has more convincing dots than that: The USA, the first Trump’s administration ABRUPTLY stopped funding the research of corona viruses in Wuhan, which increased the chances of accidents, like a leak, which is what happened. Same way cutting funding to USAID led to more starvation and deaths in the poor countries it was benefiting. The same way cutting funds to Health institutions led you to this diarrhea outbreak you have right now. The same way cutting so many corners in the name of money has costed you, your companies and your government so many lives, money and reputation.
You think we should keep blaming China for Covid, or the bats, or what? Do you want people to stay angry at China? Well, thanks to Trump doing this to Fauci, this angle people barely knew came up, and it is now inevitable to think the USA caused Covid.
Your cheap attempt at trying to equate that to something as retarded as blacks being sold back to Africa, it won’t work. If you are an American Exceptionalist fool trying to do damage control, keep doing it like this. It’s perfect.
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You sound like the average MAGA I interact with. They always rely on cheap attacks to the messenger like this, they can never dismantle or debunk anything with logic or convincing arguments.
I am glad my country is cutting ties with American suppliers, to instead open new deals with Asian ones. Here in Mexico, we will help China come here and build military bases near the border if they want, so that they can do whatever the fuck they want to the USA. It was thanks to evil people like you that convinced us of doing this. And there will be absolutely nothing you can do about it, you can’t even win against some farmers in Vietnam, nor Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Korean Wars, Bay of the Pigs…
Have anything to say about the Iron River and the 30,000+ Mexicans you kill every year by arming the Mexican Cartels with guns? Project Gunrunning, Operation Fast and Furious during George Bush, all documents declassified by the USA itself, so, they are themselves saying they did all this.
If they are capable of that level of evil, what makes you think they are not capable of provoking Covid?
Terrorist country. Can’t wait till it’s gone.
Would you be willing to point out what exactly I said that seems crazy to you?
Crazy. He showed compelling evidence to prove the USA caused Covid and killed millions. You come across as a fed who probably used multiple alts to downvote their comment and basically distract people away. I am actually curious to hear a dismantle of this, but you and the other guy who have replied to him said “Laugh out. Loud. That’s a lot of words to explain your batshittery.” Without giving a single sentence with value in it.
I’ve noticed this a lot. People like you, who drop NPC one-liners like these and then leave. What’s up with that? You rely too much on downvotes? Or are you trying to cover up the fact that maybe the USA actually created Covid, not China as many were lied to, including myself?