The NIAID funded the 2016 research at a US Army laboratory, utilizing engineered airborne particles to drive the virus deep into primates' lungs. Fauci’s diary describes these aerosolized challenge studies as something that "never should have been done." A long-time special assistant to Fauci, who was included in the email chains regarding the NIAID funding, has since invoked the Fifth Amendment 109 times in testimony.
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J&J and Profectus Tested Ebola Vaccines in Humans After Primate Lung Failures
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Internal records show that Anthony Fauci expressed alarm after experimental Ebola vaccines caused "vaccine induced lung pathology" in monkeys during aerosolized exposure tests. Although Fauci’s biodefense head dismissed the findings, pharmaceutical firms Profectus and Johnson & Johnson subsequently tested Ebola vaccines in humans. Fauci wrote in internal documents that the primate results should have been classified to avoid undermining public confidence in vaccine programs.
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