I really didn't want to debate the topic. I haven't read anything more than a cursory glance, and was more coming from the angle that the lab leak was amplified on fox, ignored or dismissed on other mediums, and it's still in play.
I've always Occam's razor'd this one: Corona virus originated in a place that had a lab studying Corona viruses, and possibly gain of function research, so that would be most plausible.
Does any of the below bother you?
I will read it now and respond spontaneously
In early 2020 diary entries (released by Sen. Rand Paul in 2026 as part of “Tony’s Diary”), Fauci privately noted that the Wuhan wet market was not the origin of the first COVID-19 infections and that scientists on a key call largely viewed deliberate lab insertion of features (like the furin cleavage site) as possible—while he later publicly emphasized a natural animal-to-human spillover and downplayed or dismissed lab-leak ideas as unlikely or conspiracy-adjacent.
Key diary details often cited:
January 26, 2020: Fauci wrote that epidemiological and genomic data indicated the first infection occurred in early December 2019 and “was not connected to the market.” China had initially claimed no human-to-human transmission and that the original cases all linked to the market. He continued: “Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier. Having said that, somewhere the virus jumped from animals to humans.”Late January / February 1, 2020: He recorded a conference call with experts after scientists raised concerns about the virus’s features (including the furin cleavage site). Per the notes, most participants (accounts vary slightly but commonly describe 9 of 11, or all but two) felt deliberate insertion was possible; accidental release was viewed as more likely than intentional. He referenced Shi Zhengli’s years of work on coronaviruses (described in the entry in gain-of-function terms allowing spike-protein adaptation to human receptors) and wrote that “we could not let this go.”
No that doesn't bother me, that's a normal discussion amongst scientists. When they say possible, it's possible for sure. I probably feel it was from a lab but the current evidence does not support that.
I see a man questioning his beliefs and being skeptical which is what scientists are above anything else, they are trying to disprove things, not prove things essentially. Studies are designed to break beliefs.
The furin stuff isnt' a smoking gun, there are plenty of viruses that have it. From that perspective it's not any more likely it's a bioengineered virus.
The proximity of the lab, where it was first detected, being China, all very suspicious but very weak overall. It does paint a picture but it could be coincidence.
I don't care where it came from. If it was a lab, I don't care, I only care about the facts and truth. I don't see Fauci as a man who would purposely cause this and the deaths of millions, I don't think he was trying to spring a vaccine upon people and knew the consequences in advance. Nothing he did seems suspect if you put it in context and think about the situation. In hindsight it's easy to say this or that should have been done.
If we knew it would get weaker and weaker (which is a safe bet but one you can't make of course, it's peoples live) then yes we likely should of let it roll on through.
The vaccine is safe- it's safer than getting covid for the complications- and it was effective until the mutations occurred.
What are you suggesting Fauci did? knowingly lie for personal gain?
