Sorry, there are no COVID bombshells in Dr. Fauci's emails

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Matt Binder
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wrote about the conspiracy theories that are trying to turn the Fauci emails into something when there's really nothing there

Sorry, there are no COVID bombshells in Dr. Fauci's emails
We already knew this all.
mashable.com
1:39 PM · Jun 4, 2021

https://mashable.com/article/fauci-email-conspiracy-theories-debunked/

Conspiracy theorists are having a field day with a batch of recently released emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci's official government account.

If you've been on social media at all over the past few days, you may have seen #FauciEmails trending. Or you may have seen your own family and friends sharing screenshots of the emails along with commentary about the big reveals and discoveries uncovered from the email release.

But here's the truth: There are no big reveals. There are no bombshells.

Let's break down the misinformation that's being spread around so you can avoid it.

For starters, the emails are real. They are from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. They weren't hacked, either. (We're so used to hearing about email archives obtained by hackers and dumped online that it's an easy assumption to make.) The emails were obtained legitimately by media out like The Washington Post and BuzzFeed using Freedom of Information Act requests.

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[Eugene]

1. Facts are beside the point, unfortunately.

Stating that the lab leak theory lacked supporting evidence constitutes treason in MAGA World.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. Facts have a liberal bias.

[RockRaven]

2. If you expected a 53-year veteran of government service to be unprofessional in his work emails,

or excessively unguarded, or give up the game (whatever that may be in your fever dream), etc., then you are one of the dumbest goddamned conspiracy theorists around.

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. Probably doesn't matter,

they'll lie anyway and the idiot MAGAt MFers will believe.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I am not going to waste any time trying to figure out why the low IQ idiots are upset

These complaints do not make sense unless you are an idiot

[Johonny]

6. It's not like they weren't lying about Fauci before they had his emails...

[UTUSN]

7. K& big R#5

[Amishman]

8. The only interesting emails are discussion about the virus possibly not being natural

But we've had the governments of Australia and others saying this for a bit now, and Dr. Fauci has been touching in this as well.

The potential that the virus was created in a lab needs to get a lot more attention. If it turns out to be true, China needs to be liable for trillions in damages and face incredibly severe sanctions

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. At this point, I almost hope it was created in a lab.

Then I'll laugh at Republicans for spreading and getting infected by a foreign-made biological weapon.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. Stupid people will believe whatever they want.

They'll probably detect some kind of "code" within them, which will be nonsense too, but also shocking in the complexity that they can grasp when they finally want apply their minds on something.

[Skittles]

10. but.....HIS EMAILS!!!

that's......ALL THEY NEED!!!

[OneGrassRoot]

12. Thank you. I was looking for something like this. n/t

[Vinca]

13. The people who think the emails are scandalous are the same fools who have been carping over

and over that Fauci didn't recommend wearing masks when the pandemic began. They can't grasp the notion that ideas change when more knowledge about a subject is learned.