FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Wednesday, May 19, 2021
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2021-05-19

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DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 741–742 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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Global – 163,900,000/3,400,000; USA – 32,800,000/584,300

COVID-19 cases in USA <30,000 for 4th day in a row

The “buzz” about the origins of the virus continue with multiple inquiries from the press. One of
the real problems is that people are conflating whether or not we approved gain of function
research for Wuhan and the possibility that the Chinese created SARS-C0V-2 in the
laboratory. Whether or not one agrees as to the conduct of gain of function research, when you
look at the bat viruses that was studied under the grant and compare the genetic sequences with
SARS- CoV-2 it becomes clear that SARS-C0V-2 could not have come from the bat viruses

associated with the grant that was funded. This obvious fact appears to get lost in the zeal of
some to point fingers at us to be the cause of the problem.

PRESS: Interview with The Advocate; NBC Today Show (40 years of HIV); WTOP Radio;
Life Out Loud Podcast; CBS Evening News; Bowdoin University Fireside Chat; CNN
“Prime Time” with Chris Cuomo