Thread by @gorskon

Yup. These attacks based on grants funded by his Institute betray a risible ignorance of the NIH study section system for reviewing grant applications and how the NIH decides which applications are funded.

https://twitter.com/denise_dewald/status/1452989216460349449

These cranks seem to assume that an institute director personally decides which grant applications to fund based on cronyism. Come to think of it, their assumption sounds like projection. 2/

Alternatively, they *do* know that NIH study sections and advisory councils, not institute directors, determine which grant applications are funded but lie about Fauci because they know their audience has no idea how NIH grants are evaluated for funding. 3/

Also, if given the chance they’d likely fund grants based on ideology and cronyism over scientific merit. That’s why they assume that that’s how the NIH must do it, too. 4/4

Oh, gee, and in the case of the "Fauci kills puppies" conspiracy theory, it's not even true. Quelle surprise. 5/5 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…