Fauci says publicly released email about lab leak is being misconstrued

6/3/21
 
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from CNN,
6/3/21:

In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that an email he received last year from an executive at the US-based EcoHealth Alliance has been misconstrued and offered a hint of regret about a February 2020 email downplaying the need to wear a mask.

Earlier this week, news outlets including CNN, BuzzFeed News and The Washington Post obtained thousands of emails Fauci sent and received since the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases became a household name early last year.

“That’s nonsense,” Fauci responded. “I don’t even see how they get that from that email.”

“They only took about 10,000 emails from me, of course I remember. I remember all 10,000 of them. Give me a break,” he said.

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