Fauci on China Lab Leak Theory: ‘Far out’ to Think China Would Endanger Its Own People

BERMAN You ve had ░░░░░░░░ distinct honor and pleasure ░░░░░░░░ having some of your ░░░░░░░░ many of your emails ░░░░░░░░ to the public over ░░░░░░░░ last few days And ░░░░░░░░ have been questions or ░░░░░░░░ some ginned up but ░░░░░░░░ questions raised about some ░░░░░░░░ them But I want ░░░░░░░░ get you on the ░░░░░░░░ addressing some of them ░░░░░░░░ was an email sent ░░░░░░░░ you from an executive ░░░░░░░░ EcoHealth Alliance and this ░░░░░░░░ one of the companies ░░░░░░░░ funded some of the ░░░░░░░░ at the Wuhan lab ░░░░░░░░ this email thanked you ░░░░░░░░ basically saying you believed ░░░░░░░░ the origins of the ░░░░░░░░ were natural This email ░░░░░░░░ quote I wanted to ░░░░░░░░ a personal thank you ░░░░░░░░ behalf of our staff ░░░░░░░░ collaborators for publicly standing ░░░░░░░░ and stating that the ░░░░░░░░ evidence supports a natural ░░░░░░░░ for Covid 19 from ░░░░░░░░ bat to human spillover ░░░░░░░░ a lab release from ░░░░░░░░ Wuhan Institute of Virology ░░░░░░░░ email was April 18th ░░░░░░░░ there are some of ░░░░░░░░ critics who say this ░░░░░░░░ you have too cozy ░░░░░░░░ a relationship with the ░░░░░░░░ behind the Wuhan lab ░░░░░░░░ What do you say ░░░░░░░░ that Fauci Well that ░░░░░░░░ nonsense I don t ░░░░░░░░ see how they get ░░░░░░░░ from that email That ░░░░░░░░ was sent to me ░░░░░░░░ them I have always ░░░░░░░░ and will say today ░░░░░░░░ you John that I ░░░░░░░░ believe the most likely ░░░░░░░░ is from an animal ░░░░░░░░ to a human but ░░░░░░░░ keep an absolutely open ░░░░░░░░ that if there may ░░░░░░░░ other origins of that ░░░░░░░░ may be another reason ░░░░░░░░ could have been a ░░░░░░░░ leak I believe if ░░░░░░░░ look historically what happens ░░░░░░░░ the animal human interface ░░░░░░░░ in fact the more ░░░░░░░░ is that you re ░░░░░░░░ with a jump of ░░░░░░░░ But I keep an ░░░░░░░░ mind all the time ░░░░░░░░ that s the reason ░░░░░░░░ I have been public ░░░░░░░░ we should continue to ░░░░░░░░ for the origin That ░░░░░░░░ in no way you ░░░░░░░░ misconstrue it however you ░░░░░░░░ that email was from ░░░░░░░░ person to me saying ░░░░░░░░ you for whatever it ░░░░░░░░ he thought I said ░░░░░░░░ I said that I ░░░░░░░░ the most likely origin ░░░░░░░░ a jumping of species ░░░░░░░░ still do think it ░░░░░░░░ at the same time ░░░░░░░░ I m keeping an ░░░░░░░░ mind that it might ░░░░░░░░ a lab leak BERMAN ░░░░░░░░ was an email on ░░░░░░░░ 16th an email exchange ░░░░░░░░ you and NIH Director ░░░░░░░░ Collins The email sent ░░░░░░░░ you said conspiracy theory ░░░░░░░░ momentum And this again ░░░░░░░░ the idea of the ░░░░░░░░ leak Those emails though ░░░░░░░░ you can see on ░░░░░░░░ screen or I can ░░░░░░░░ on the screen was ░░░░░░░░ redacted between you and ░░░░░░░░ Collins Fauci Yeah BERMAN ░░░░░░░░ you happen to remember ░░░░░░░░ you remember crosstalk Fauci ░░░░░░░░ know John John they ░░░░░░░░ took about 10 000 ░░░░░░░░ from me Of course ░░░░░░░░ remember I remember all ░░░░░░░░ 000 of them Give ░░░░░░░░ a break Laughter BERMAN ░░░░░░░░ to be clear you ░░░░░░░░ saying you don t ░░░░░░░░ or you can t ░░░░░░░░ us but what was ░░░░░░░░ the body of that ░░░░░░░░ Fauci I I I ░░░░░░░░ t remember what s ░░░░░░░░ that redacted but I ░░░░░░░░ the idea I think ░░░░░░░░ quite far fetched that ░░░░░░░░ Chinese deliberately engineered something ░░░░░░░░ that they could kill ░░░░░░░░ as well as other ░░░░░░░░ I think that s ░░░░░░░░ bit far out, John.”