Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-06-16 03:36:31 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8F2BB2097F425B5EF12A5061A7ACE63A7DCB67AD6C57B515A3619F5CD9143013
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Original Note:
This is a joke about Anthony Fauci contracting Covid. Shouldn’t need a note, but here we are. The joke references a theory that gain of function research causes the outbreak, and the contested belief that Fauci, among other world scientists propagated this research. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/29/repeated-claim-that-fauci-lied-congress-about-gain-of-function-research/
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