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“Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary reveals he was alarmed that the U.S. had aerosolized the Ebola virus and stated it 'never should have been done'.”
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Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries reveal he privately voiced alarm over U.S. Army experiments aerosolizing the Ebola virus, writing that it 'never should have been done in the first place.'
According to reporting from Just The News, WhatsGoingOnNews, and IBTimes UK, diary entries obtained by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul reveal that Dr. Anthony Fauci privately expressed alarm over experiments by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) involving aerosolized Ebola. In a March 2016 entry quoted by WhatsGoingOnNews and IBTimes UK, Fauci explicitly wrote, 'What idiots those guys at USAMRIID are,' and stated that 'This should have been a classified experiment that never should have been done in the first place.' The excerpts directly confirm the core elements of the claim.
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- Fauci diary reveals alarm that U.S. had aerosolized Ebola virus: ‘Never should have been done’ | Just The News — justthenews.com
- Fauci diary reveals alarm that U.S. had aerosolized Ebola virus: ‘Never should have been done’ — whatsgoingonnews.net
- 'Never Should Have Been Done': Dr. Anthony Fauci Diary Reveals Alarm That US Had Aerosolised Ebola | IBTimes UK — ibtimes.co.uk
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