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Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci was criticized by conservatives on social media after joking that he created the coronavirus in his kitchen.
Dr. Larry Corey said during a discussion on the campus of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington, “At the epicenter of the initial outbreak, WA1 – Washington 1 is considered an ancestral model strain. I will,” he told Fauci. Tuesday.
“No, I developed an ancestral model strain,” Fauci replied jokingly.
“Yes, you unleashed it,” Corey replied with a laugh.
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“I’m in my kitchen and I…” Fauci said, pretending to drop an imaginary object to the floor.
“Getting a feature, there you go,” Corey said before joking about Fauci making Italian meatballs in his kitchen when he created the virus.
Many in the audience laughed along with the two doctors, but conservatives responded well. Social media It wasn’t that lighthearted.
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Writer and journalist Benjamin Weingarten said, “It’s despicable. He’s committed a policy that has cost millions of lives and probably helped irrevocably cripple our republican system.” Despite being the most responsible person to promote it, he still mocks and trolls.
“Fauci jokes about creating SARS-CoV-2,” Blaze Media CEO Tyler Curtis posted. But he’s arrogant, naive enough to approve and fund research, likely to be a scientist who did the research, and to try to cover it all up. It’s slimy.”
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“Very bad joke from Tyrant Fauci,” tweeted the Young America’s Foundation. “Not only is he a terrible doctor, he is deaf!”
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During the coronavirus era, Fauci became a popular target for conservatives for a variety of issues, including China, where many believe the coronavirus originated.
While many across the country, including prominent Republican politicians, are leaning towards the theory that the virus originated in a Wuhan lab, Fauci claims he believes the virus originated naturally. .
Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul said last month that if Republicans took control of Congress in the fall, his party would compel Fauci to testify under oath about the origins of the virus and a potential cover-up.
Fauci’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.