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FDA Chief Accuses Fauci of COVID Origins Cover-Up

11/27/2025

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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of orchestrating a "massive cover-up" about COVID-19 origins during Fauci's public-health tenure.
In a Pod Force One episode, Makary said Fauci suppressed the lab-leak theory and discredited a paper linking the virus to a Wuhan lab.
He called the alleged cover-up an "American tragedy" and criticized Fauci and former NIH director Francis Collins for downplaying lab safety and manipulating funding.

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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of orchestrating a "massive cover-up" about COVID-19 origins during Fauci's public-health tenure.
In a Pod Force One episode, Makary said Fauci suppressed the lab-leak theory and discredited a paper linking the virus to a Wuhan lab.
He called the alleged cover-up an "American tragedy" and criticized Fauci and former NIH director Francis Collins for downplaying lab safety and manipulating funding.