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Jay Bhattacharya: “Dr. Fauci never recommended school closures, yet his diary…”

Featuring: Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University | California

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Extended Interview: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya on Fauci hearing, COVID-19 origins, more

Published | Video Starts at 02:00

The notes that I keep on my public computers are absolutely available to anybody through FOIA and other means. Okay, so to put it bluntly, do you think that Dr. Fauci lied to the American people about COVID … Dr. Fauci never recommended school closures, yet his diary shows a recommendation to close schools in California. … so many people. I don't think that you're asking me to stand over judgment of Tony Fauci is the right thing. (02:00)

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Asserts that Dr. Fauci's public statements contradicted his private recommendations on school closures.

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