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Jun 7, 2021, 6 tweets

Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been accused of downplaying the possibility that Covid-19 emerged in a lab in Wuhan, China. But what is his story? And how has he responded to the claims? on.ft.com/3inU3wF

The 80-year-old is one of America’s most respected doctors. Having advised every president since Ronald Reagan, he achieved renown in the scientific world for his work on HIV in the 1980s on.ft.com/3inU3wF

In the Trump administration, Fauci became a well-known public figure for often standing against claims made by the US president over the severity of the pandemic on.ft.com/3inU3wF

Some Republicans are now calling for Fauci to resign over his undermining of the Covid-19 lab theory on.ft.com/3inU3wF

Fauci told the FT he continued to believe the ‘overwhelming likelihood’ was that the Sars-Cov-2 virus transferred to humans from animals, not from a lab on.ft.com/3inU3wF

Despite criticism from the right and threats from some Trump supporters, who believe the doctor made false assertions about the former president, Fauci says he aims to stay in the job. Read the full story: on.ft.com/3inU3wF

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