Fauci criticized new paper promoting Trump's natural origin theory of coronavirus: 'Embarrassment'

The public face of the federal government's coronavirus pandemic response, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is facing criticism on social media over a manuscript published in a top journal where he maintains his position that the virus originated in nature and cites a debunked claim that President-elect Trump told Americans to inject themselves with bleach to stop the virus.

This week, a paper was published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal by Fauci and researcher Gregory Folkers, titled "HIV/AIDS and COVID-19: Lessons from Two Pandemics."

Fauci criticized Trump's handling of the pandemic in a paper, while also facing criticism for his own approach.

"The authors highlighted the critical role of political leadership in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the face of President Donald Trump's frequent minimization of the seriousness of the pandemic and failure to use his platform to encourage the use of preventative measures."

"Trump's promotion of unproven and potentially dangerous substances for COVID-19 prevention and treatment, such as bleach injections, hydroxychloroquine, and ivermectin, was a missed opportunity for political leadership during the pandemic."

The paper suggests that the virus originated from an animal reservoir in the Huanan market in Wuhan, China, and was then transmitted to humans, before spreading globally.

Politifact has debunked the claim that Trump instructed people to inject themselves with bleach, stating that President Biden's accusation was "mostly false."

Steve Guest, a conservative communicator, posted on X that Fauci is an embarrassment.

"Oy vey," National Review contributor Pradeep Shanker posted on X.

A new scientific paper by Fauci on HIV/AIDS & COVID-19 falsely claims that Trump advised people to inject bleach and argues that COVID-19 has a natural origin, citing the same authors who wrote the infamous Proximal Origins paper, according to journalist Jerry Dunleavy on X.

The NIH did not respond to Planet Chronicle Digital's request for comment.