Fauci Fast Facts

The Man With The Answer

• 1968 – Dr. Fauci joins the National Institute for Health (NIH) as a clinical associate
• 1984 – Dr. Fauci becomes the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID), an arm of the NIH
• Dr. Fauci’s work encompasses HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, MERS, and now Covid-19
• October 2014 – US government suspends 21 “Gain of Function” research projects on viruses and “enhanced potential pandemic pathogens” (PPP’s) with concerns that the souped-up pathogens could risk public health and safety if they escape the laboratory
• 2014 – Under the guidance of Dr. Fauci, the NIH and NAID fund EchoHealth Alliance and Wuhan laboratory with $3.25M to continue investigating and cataloging bat coronaviruses despite the US moratorium
• January 20, 2017 – Dr. Fauci predicts a “surprise outbreak” would occur during the Trump Administration (“There is no question that there will be a challenge to the coming administration in the arena of infectious diseases…”)
• 2017 – The NIH decides to reconvene some of the previously suspended “gain of function” PPP projects
• Fall 2019 – The first phase of bat coronavirus research in Wuhan comes to a close
• 2019 – NIH renews EchoHealth Alliance’s grant for another 5 years for $3.7M
• The second phase of the project included “additional surveillance work but also gain-of-function research for the purpose of understanding how bat coronaviruses could mutate to attack humans”
• Fall 2019 – An unknown bat coronavirus begins to infect people in Wuhan China – within miles of the Wuhan Laboratory
• 2020 – Coronavirus begins spreading in the US
• January 2020 – Dr. Fauci is named a prominent member of President Trump’s Coronavirus Taskforce
• 2020 – “Fauci has been a ‘de facto’ public health spokesperson for the office of the President during the pandemic and strong advocate of ongoing social distancing efforts in the United States.”
• May 1, 2020 – President Trump announces he has seen evidence that the coronavirus originated in the Wuhan Lab funded by NIH, NAID, and Dr. Fauci