Fauci privately took credit for COVID-19 lockdowns despite public denial, newly exposed diary entries reveal

Despite denying connected aggregate occasions during and aft nan COVID-19 pandemic that he personally recommended lockdowns, excerpts revealed from Dr. Anthony Fauci's backstage diary beryllium a clear contradiction.

In a March 15, 2020, introduction successful nan diary, which originates pinch "BIG DAY!" written successful reddish letters, Fauci, past nan head of nan National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) recalled a striking speech he had pinch then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

"I said pinch Bill de Blasio (Mayor – NYC) and convinced him based connected what I was saying publically and my speech coming to adjacent nan NYC schools (he had already decided based connected what I was saying connected TV)," Fauci revealed successful his backstage notes.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies earlier nan Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee astir nan COVID-19 consequence successful Washington, D.C., connected Nov. 4, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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"I had a akin telephone pinch Ann O’Leary, nan [Chief of Staff] of Gov. Gavin Newsom of California," this peculiar introduction went on. "Ann said that based connected my TV appearances coming and yesterday, nan Governor has decided to adjacent nan schools successful California arsenic good arsenic nan bars and restaurants."

But 7 months later, connected an Oct. 16, 2022 interview pinch ABC News' Jonathan Karl, Fauci denied immoderate engagement successful inspiring lockdowns. 

"Let's spell backmost and look astatine nan transcript. We said we should effort arsenic champion arsenic we perchance tin to support nan children successful school," Fauci said. "Nobody plays that clip."

"They ever travel backmost and say, 'Fauci was responsible for shutting schools down.' I had thing to do [with it]!" he insisted astatine nan time. 

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In 2022 he told The Hill that he "didn't urge locking thing down," intelligibly going against his ain privately recorded entries. 

In January 9, 2024, years aft nan extremity of lockdowns ended, Fauci testified nan aforesaid point earlier nan House Oversight Committee. 

"I did not adjacent nan schools," he said, according to nan proceeding transcript. And it became nan wide business wherever I became a governmental target."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of nan National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, throws retired nan ceremonial first transportation anterior to nan crippled betwixt nan New York Yankees and nan Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park connected July 23, 2020, successful Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Fauci recommended to authorities leaders lockdown measures too conscionable closing schools, which he would besides later deny.

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In nan March 15, 2020, diary entry, Fauci, erstwhile nan nation's starring infectious illness expert, said he directed de Blasio to adjacent nan city's bars.

"I went connected to show him he should adjacent nan bars and restaurants successful NYC. He said that he would guidelines this connected my recommendation," Fauci wrote.

Five days later, he said he told nan politician to adjacent each of New York City. 

"Also, had telephone telephone pinch Major de Blasio who wants to spell to 'shelter successful spot for nan full city.['] He is asking my proposal since Gov. Cuomo is pushing back. I advised DeBlasio [sic] to spell up and do it. I will effort to speak pinch Cuomo," nan introduction said.

2020 Democratic statesmanlike campaigner and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visits FOX Business Network’s "Bulls & Bears" successful New York City connected Aug. 13, 2019. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

On March 29, 2020, Fauci recounted a tense gathering pinch President Donald Trump, who he described arsenic "incorrigible." 

The extremity of nan gathering was to get nan president to widen lockdowns aft nan first "15 days to extremity nan spread" period, which began connected March 16 of 2020 — astir a period aft nan first lawsuit of COVID-19 was recorded successful nan U.S.

"At nan extremity of nan time it was a bully result since we convinced him to spell pinch 30 time (sic) alternatively of ending nan mitigation prematurely, which I consciousness would beryllium a disaster," Fauci said.

In a November 28, 2020, diary entry, he recalled lending support to a Los Angeles County wellness charismatic who wanted to fastener nan region down.

"Got telephone past nighttime from Mark Ghaly (Deputy Director for Community Health for nan LA County Dept of Health Services). He has called maine respective times for advice," nan diary says. "Frantic telephone saying that they are surging successful LA County and very soon infirmary beds will beryllium overrun. He wants to do a 3 weeks shutdown of nan metropolis to 'stop nan surge' and wants my support since location is simply a ample pushback to locking down. I agreed to support him."

A signboard reminds group of nan look covering request arsenic pedestrians deterioration facemasks owed to nan coronavirus successful Los Angeles, California connected November 12, 2020. - European and world leaders connected November 12, 2020 insisted that erstwhile Covid-19 vaccines are launched they should beryllium made a disposable to everyone, nether an world task which still needs $28 cardinal of funding. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) ((Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images))

But again successful 2022, erstwhile he joined The Hill's "Rising" podcast, Fauci denied work for lockdowns.

"Well, you know, again, first of all, I didn't urge locking thing down," he claimed. "You're asking maine questions. You're talking astir nan CDC is nan nationalist wellness agency that uses their epidemiologists and their science-based attack to make recommendations..."

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Despite his ain denials, Fauci himself told CBS news successful nan midst of nan 2020 chaos that he was behind nan lockdowns.

"When it became clear that we had organization dispersed successful nan country, pinch a fewer cases of organization dispersed — this was measurement earlier location was a awesome detonation for illustration we saw successful nan northeastern corridor driven by New York City metropolitan area — I recommended to nan president that we unopen nan state down," he said connected Oct. 7, 2020.