Fauci Met With Wuhan-Affiliated Researcher In Early Days Of Pandemic, Emails Show

Dr. Anthony Fauci met with an influential research scientist who worked directly with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) during the early days of the pandemic, newly-unearthed emails show.

Then-NIAID Director Fauci’s personal schedule included a meeting with Dr. Ralph Baric, a University of North Carolina epidemiologist, on February 11, 2020, watchdog group U.S. Right To Know learned (USRTK) through public records requests. Emails containing Slack messages give a window into the discussions between Fauci and Baric, which seemingly centered around gain-of-function (GoF) research taking place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.