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Rand Paul releases Fauci diary entries on 2016 military Ebola aerosol vaccine experiment
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Newly released pages from Anthony Fauci's diary, obtained by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul and first reported by Just The News, describe a 2016 experiment by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick. The study exposed vaccinated and unvaccinated nonhuman primates to aerosolized Ebola virus to test experimental vaccines. According to the diary entry, dated March 7, 2016, Fauci said he had not known that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which he then led, had funded the research, and he wrote that the experiment “never should have been done in the first place.” Reports differ on details of the death toll and on what the autopsy findings showed about vaccinated versus unvaccinated animals.
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Documents from Fauci's diary related to the experiment were released by Sen. Rand Paul as part of his committee's investigation into Fauci and COVID-19 origins.
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USAMRIID conducted an experiment in November 2015 exposing primates to aerosolized Ebola virus to test experimental vaccines.
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In a March 7, 2016 diary entry, Fauci expressed alarm about the results and said he had not known NIAID funded the study.
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Fauci wrote that the experiment “never should have been done in the first place.”
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Autopsies reportedly showed vaccinated primates had lung damage, including necrosis and inflammation, that unvaccinated primates did not.
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One account states 16 of 20 vaccinated primates died along with both unvaccinated control animals; another states nearly all primates, vaccinated or not, died.
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How many of the experiment's primates died and whether vaccination made a difference
The Epoch Times reports that 16 of 20 vaccinated primates died along with both unvaccinated controls, while The Daily Caller states that aerosolized Ebola killed nearly all primates regardless of vaccination status, but that autopsies showed additional lung damage in the vaccinated group.
Whether Fauci was unaware his agency funded the study
The Epoch Times reports Fauci wrote he did not know NIAID funded the research, while TheBlaze frames NIAID as having knowingly “backed” and “supported” the experiment.
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All four outlets, each writing its own report, frame the story around Fauci's private alarm or panic over the experiment, with some headlines implying an attempted cover-up and others emphasizing the vaccine's unexpected side effects.
Fauci's agency backed an experiment aerosolizing lethal Ebola — then Loaded verb“he panicked”Characterizes Fauci's private reaction with a dramatic term rather than a neutral description.More neutral: he expressed alarmDisagree with this highlight? about what it exposed about vaccination
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Buryrattled Anthony FauciFauci Panickedhe panicked
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BuryMore neutral: Withheld
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Fauci Diary: Bury NIAID-Funded Army Ebola Aerosol Results
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rattled Anthony FauciMore neutral: concerned Anthony Fauci
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…caused an unexpected side effect that spooked embassies in Africa and rattled Anthony Fauci, newly released documents reveal.
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Fauci PanickedMore neutral: Fauci Reacted With Concern
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Fauci Panicked.
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he panickedMore neutral: he expressed alarm
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Fauci's agency backed an experiment aerosolizing lethal Ebola — then he panicked about what it exposed about vaccination
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3 outlets · 1 opinionLeads with
- Fauci's personal reaction in his diary
- NIAID's funding role and possible lack of oversight
- Rand Paul's investigation and the newly released documents
- the danger and lethality of Ebola
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- NIAID's or USAMRIID's public response to the newly released documents
- broader scientific context on why aerosol challenge studies are conducted
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- TheBlazeFar Right
Fauci's agency backed an experiment aerosolizing lethal Ebola — then Loaded verb“he panicked”Characterizes Fauci's private reaction with a dramatic term rather than a neutral description.More neutral: he expressed alarmDisagree with this highlight? about what it exposed about vaccination
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under Anthony Fauci funded deadly gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the likely Chinese epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
- The Daily CallerFar Right
Experimental Vaccines Had Surprise Side Effect During Ebola Outbreak. Loaded verb“Fauci Panicked”Attributes a dramatic emotional state to Fauci as fact rather than reporting his documented reaction.More neutral: Fauci Reacted With ConcernDisagree with this highlight?.
As health officials grappled with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the military learned experimental Ebola vaccines caused an unexpected side effect that spooked embassies in Africa and Loaded verb“rattled Anthony Fauci”Uses a dramatic verb to characterize Fauci's reaction rather than a neutral description.More neutral: concerned Anthony FauciDisagree with this highlight?, newly released documents reveal. …
- The Epoch TimesFar Right
Fauci’s Diary Shows Alarm at Military Ebola Vaccine Experiment
The experiment ‘never should have been done,’ the doctor wrote.
Fauci Diary: Loaded verb“Bury”Presents an unproven allegation of intentional concealment as settled fact.More neutral: WithheldDisagree with this highlight? NIAID-Funded Army Ebola Aerosol Results
Ebola is one of the most dangerous viruses that exist. Contracting this disease is very nearly a death sentence. It's a hemorrhagic fever, meaning that it causes uncontrollable bleeding; an Ebola patient shows petechia from subcutaneous bleeding, as well as bleeding internally …
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The Epoch Times, Sep 28, 3:43 PM EDT
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- The Epoch TimesFar RightSep 28, 3:43 PM EDT
- The Daily CallerFar RightSep 29, 1:22 PM EDT
- TheBlazeFar RightSep 29, 2:15 PM EDT
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