Dr Anthony Fauci's department hid plans to create mutant monkeypox virus that 'could've started pandemic,' bombshell Congress report finds READ MORE: Is this the smoking gun for the Covid lab leak? By Alexa Lardieri U.S. Deputy Health Editor Dailymail.
Com Published: 18:41 BST, 12 June 2024 | Updated: 19:05 BST, 12 June 2024 e-mail 41 shares 73 View comments Dr Anthony Fauci 's former department 'deceived' Congress over its plans to create a Frankenstein monkeypox virus that had pandemic potential, a new report says. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), along with the NIH and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitted plans to create a more transmissible and more lethal strain of Mpox in 2015, when Dr Fauci was still in charge. The plans to create a deadlier and highly contagious pathogen were given the green light, but those involved repeatedly lied to lawmakers, asserting the research had never been approved.
Amid concerns Covid-19 may have been borne out of similar US government grant money in China , the Mpox research came to light in late 2022 after NIAID scientist Dr Bernard Moss publicly discussed the risky experiments. His announcement raised major concerns among experts and led to an investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which released the results from its year-and-a-half probe this week. The report called the actions of the HHS, NIAID and NIH 'unacceptable and potentially criminal,' and added the agencies.
