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In late January 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci, coronavirus task
force expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, was filmed saying that “asymptomatic transmission has never been the
driver of outbreaks.”
His declaration was picked up by only a few media at the
time, but in July when the White House decided to use it in talking points, The
Washington Post tried to defend Fauci by accusing those who are still airing
the video as having “knives out” for Fauci. The Post then accused people using
the video of “lopping off” important parts of what Fauci said.
Now, the video is going viral on Twitter, and in it, this is
the complete text of what he says:
“The one thing historically people need to realize, that even
if there is some asymptomatic transmission in all the history of
respiratory-borne viruses of any type asymptomatic transmission has never been
the driver of outbreaks. The driver of outbreaks is always a symptomatic
person. Even if there’s a rare asymptomatic person that might transmit, an
epidemic is not driven by asymptomatic carriers.”
SOURCES:
Twitter
August 30, 2020
The
Washington Post July 13, 2020