Fauci expressed worry over potential leaks.
By July 2020, Fauci noted significant public support against administration efforts to discredit him. He wrote that most people were outraged at the administration's attempts to undermine him.
On January 26, 2020, Fauci reviewed early epidemiological data and concluded the virus did not originate at the Huanan Seafood Market.
He wrote that the market was "not the source, it was the amplifier."
Despite these private notes, Fauci publicly stated in April 2020 that the evidence was consistent with a natural jump from animals to humans, drawing criticism from congressional Republicans who advocate the lab leak hypothesis.
The diary releases also documented Fauci's sudden rise to global media prominence.
In late June 2020, he recorded an invitation to appear on Dancing with the Stars and a meeting with Barbra Streisand to explain vaccine safety.
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Senator Rand Paul stated that the documents demonstrate a betrayal of public trust and announced plans to question Fauci during a Senate committee hearing.
