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   In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci often   
   dismissed the theory that the coronavirus came from a biological   
   lab in China. He testified last week his reluctance was out of   
   fear that speculation about the virus origins would "increase   
   tensions" with China.   
      
   Fauci’s comments came during a seven-hour deposition at the   
   center of a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri   
   and Louisiana against the Biden administration. Fauci stated   
   throughout the deposition that he was troubled by "wild   
   speculation and allegations" that the Chinese government either   
   deliberately or accidentally leaked the virus from a biological   
   lab in Wuhan. He also said he was "afraid" that "blaming the   
   Chinese" for the outbreak would "increase tensions and reduce   
   cooperation" with Beijing to prevent future pandemics.   
      
   "There was no evidence of that at the time, and that's what I   
   was concerned about," said Fauci, the director of the National   
   Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.   
      
   Fauci’s reluctance to entertain the lab leak hypothesis may have   
   slowed the United States government’s efforts to investigate the   
   origins of the pandemic. A growing body of evidence points to a   
   lab leak as the most likely explanation for the outbreak.   
   Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee released a   
   report in October that said an accidental leak from the Wuhan   
   lab was the "most likely" cause of the pandemic.   
      
   Fauci has come under scrutiny for not only dismissing the lab   
   leak theory, but also because the National Institutes for   
   Allergy and Infectious Diseases has funded research at the Wuhan   
   Institute of Virology.   
      
   The lawsuit alleges that the Biden administration colluded with   
   social media companies to censor politically sensitive content.   
   The attorneys general have accused the administration of   
   pressuring social media companies to censor content that   
   questioned the origins of the virus, and the efficacy of masks   
   and the coronavirus vaccines.   
      
   They have also alleged that the FBI worked closely with Facebook   
   and Twitter to block access to an October 2020 news article that   
   revealed emails from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop. The   
   Washington Free Beacon reported that two FBI officials who met   
   with the Big Tech companies are Democratic donors.   
      
   Fauci denied coordinating with social media companies on their   
   virus-related content, but revealed that his daughter worked as   
   a software engineer at Twitter until last year. He also said he   
   met with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on a campaign to   
   promote the coronavirus vaccines.   
      
   Published under: Anthony Fauci, China, Lab Leak, Wuhan Institute   
      
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