Fauci doubted wet market as COVID-19 origin in early 2020

Fauci's diary entries have been released in a congressional investigation

Jul 28, 2026

04:18 pm

What's the storyFormer White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci privately doubted that the COVID-19 outbreak started at the Wuhan wet market in January 2020, according to his diary entries released in a congressional investigation.

In a January 26, 2020 entry, Fauci wrote that "now we know the market was not the source" of the outbreak but an "amplifier." He said early infections were linked to this market and spread before China acknowledged a new infection.