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Jay Bhattacharya: “He [Dr. Fauci] acted as if he were the head of public health…”

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 01:59

I think the way that Tony Fauci acted during the pandemic, you know, he was the head of a research institute. He wasn't the head of public health, yet He [Dr. Fauci] acted as if he were the head of public health in this country. I think that that kind of conflation of roles, as well as the fact that he, I mean, frankly, abused the place of power that had been given Both by the media and by powerful, you know, politicians. (01:59–05:18)

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Asserts that Dr. Fauci overstepped his role by acting as the head of public health.

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