Fauci ripped over new paper criticizing Trump on coronavirus, promoting natural origin theory: 'Embarrassment'

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the general public face of the federal government’s coronavirus pandemic action, is dealing with criticism on social networks over a manuscript released in a leading journal where he keeps his position that the infection came from nature and points out a debunked claim that President-elect Trump informed Americans to inject themselves with bleach to stop the infection.

Fauci, in addition to scientist Gregory Folkers, released a paper in the Scientific Contagious Illness journal today with the title, “HIV/AIDS and COVID-19: Shared Lessons from 2 Pandemics.”

Fauci, who dealt with extreme criticism for his handling of the pandemic, was crucial of Trump’s handling of the pandemic in the paper.

” With COVID-19, the function of political management at the greatest level– or the absence thereof– was once again revealed to be crucial,” the authors composed. “As COVID-19 took off worldwide and in the United States, President Donald Trump often reduced the severity of the pandemic, consistently declaring that COVID-19 would simply ‘disappear’ In the very first complete year of the pandemic (2020, the in 2015 of his presidency) he stopped working to utilize his bully pulpit to motivate individuals to utilize readily available ‘low-tech’ tools such as masks/respirators, much better ventilation, and physical distancing to minimize the danger of infection.”

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” Trump likewise offered credence to unverified and possibly harmful compounds for COVID-19 avoidance and treatment such as bleach injections, the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine and the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. A lot of his numerous interactions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic were missed out on chances for political management in promoting policies and practices to alleviate the effect of a raving pandemic.”

The paper likewise states that “plentiful proof from leading evolutionary virologists and leading researchers in other fields highly recommends that the infection leapt types from an animal tank to human beings in the Huanan market in Wuhan, China, and after that spread out throughout China and the rest of the world.”

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, previous Director of the National Institute of Allergic Reaction and Contagious Illness, is sworn-in for testament before your home Oversight and Responsibility Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Numerous media outlets have actually fact-checked and exposed the claim that Trump advised individuals to inject themselves with bleach consisting of Politifact who called President Biden’s allegation “primarily incorrect.”

” Fauci is a shame,” conservative communicator Steve Visitor published on X.

” Oy vey,” National Evaluation factor Pradeep Shanker published on X.

” Fauci is out with a brand-new clinical paper on HIV/AIDS & & COVID-19 where he incorrectly declares Trump informed individuals to inject bleach & & where he argues COVID-19 has a natural origin (Wuhan laboratory leakage not even discussed) by pointing out the very same authors who composed the notorious Proximal Origins paper,” author and reporter Jerry Dunleavy published on X.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, previous Director of the National Institute of Allergic Reaction and Contagious Illness, shows up to affirm before your home Oversight and Responsibility Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn Home Office Complex on June 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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