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2025-07-02 14:42:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F84822F502E92F069659B7E05DBE49E5DF05899B154FF6E9E3455E102EBAC6CE
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The $325M in royalties went to the NIH as an institution, not to Fauci or Collins personally. Payments were for decades of patents, not specifically COVID. No evidence supports the claim that Fauci or Collins personally profited. Source: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/scicheck-posts-misleadingly-suggest-nih-officials-pocketed-325-million-in-royalty-payments/
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