Recently declassified emails reveal a close correspondence between a top Chinese health official and Dr. Anthony Fauci during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
"I saw the Science interview, how could I say such a word 'big mistake' about others? That was journalist's wording. Hope you understand," Gao, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote to Fauci on March 28, 2020.
Yes: 2%. No: 98%. Another exchange between the two friends showed that Fauci and Gao went out of their way to maintain ties to each other despite growing tensions between their two countries.
Gao emailed Fauci to say he heard that Fauci had faced threats from people who blamed him for closed schools and the state of the economy and viewed him as a threat to then-President Donald Trump's re-election prospects.
Fauci thanked the member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for his "Kind note."
The emails show that Fauci had received about 1,000 messages a day at one point from colleagues, hospital administrators, foreign governments and random strangers.
The NFL Players Association medical director asked Fauci how to safely start the next NFL season, a documentary filmmaker asked to ride along with Fauci as he drove to work and a senior House Republican encouraged Fauci to "Keep being a science truth teller" in the face of skepticism about the virus.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Newly Declassified Emails Show Fauci's Correspondence with Chinese Official
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