A whistleblower from within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has delivered a scathing rebuke of Dr. Anthony Fauci, accusing the once-revered figure of prioritizing political protection and power over public safety.
“I admired Fauci in his earlier career,” the insider writes in a blistering essay, “but I can’t say that anymore.”
The author, writing under anonymity due to fear of professional retaliation, revealed an internal environment dominated by fear, censorship, and political loyalty. Asking basic questions about the possible lab origin of COVID-19 in 2020 could end a career. And under Fauci’s leadership, according to the insider, the NIH and broader virology establishment enforced silence through intimidation and financial leverage.
Fauci’s Denials, Grants, and Strategic Silence
The essay recounts the author’s dismay watching Fauci testify before Congress, denying any connection between his agency and dangerous virus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The insider calls Fauci’s actions a “classic Washington ploy”:
“Satisfy your critics by pretending to regulate activity that can harm the public, while actually letting your friends do whatever they want.”
At the heart of this criticism is gain-of-function research—the controversial practice of enhancing viruses to study their potential impact. Critics argue this type of experimentation poses catastrophic risks, especially when funded in foreign labs with questionable oversight.
The insider specifically names EcoHealth Alliance’s Peter Daszak, whose organization received $4.47 million for a CREID grant to continue virus hunting not just in China but across Asia and Africa. Despite growing scrutiny around the lab-leak theory, Fauci’s NIAID awarded Daszak another $3.35 million for related projects—doubling down instead of pulling back.
A Web of Influence: Rewarding Allies, Silencing Doubt
Perhaps even more damning are the NIH’s financial ties to the authors of the controversial Proximal Origin paper, which prematurely dismissed the lab-leak theory. According to the whistleblower, Kristian Andersen (Scripps) and Robert Garry (Tulane) were later awarded $11.3 million in CREID grants—suggesting an intentional effort to reward loyalists who helped shape the official narrative.
These revelations lend further weight to the theory that Fauci operated not just as a public health official, but as a political gatekeeper—managing information, influence, and funding to avoid accountability.
“Don Fauci”: The Power Broker of Pandemic Science
Described by the author as “Don Fauci,” the longtime NIAID chief is accused of building a network of alliances secured by multi-million-dollar grants. This web of influence, the insider says, stifled real investigation into COVID’s origins and delayed policies that could prevent future man-made outbreaks.
The essay ends with a direct call to permanently end gain-of-function research and shift resources toward safer alternatives like computational modeling—an approach that doesn’t risk spawning the next global catastrophe.
“This research should end tomorrow,” the insider wrote. “It’s not worth gambling the fate of the world on one more laboratory accident.”
And with mounting reports that President Joe Biden may have given Fauci a preemptive pardon, questions about accountability are once again rising to the forefront of public debate.