The zoonosis (animal to human transfer) argument was also endorsed by Francis Collins, the former director of the
National Institutes of Health, and Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the time.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff promoted the natural origins of COVID-19 and persuaded us that the story of Hunter Biden’s Laptop from Hell had “all the hallmarks” of a Russian misinformation campaign.
It’s interesting to note that before he left office, Biden or the autopen granted Fauci a “complete and unconditional pardon” for all he had done since January 1, 2014. Interestingly, the EcoHealth
Alliance grant was awarded to the Fauci-led National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the same year for a study named
But soon after Trump took office, the FBI, DOE, CIA, and other agencies confirmed that the virus most likely came from a lab in Wuhan, China.
However, at the height of the pandemic, Trump was aggressively blocked and even charged with racism for tying COVID-19 to China.