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El-Sayed argued that Sen. Rand Paul and other vaccine skeptics had exploited what he called the evolving nature of scientific guidance.

The diary entries detail Fauci's private thoughts and knowledge, often in sharp contrast to his public messaging.

"Then Fauci puts on an astronaut suit along with a photographer and ... they get a photo-op."

“Fauci personally intervened with the FDA’s top vaccine regulator to encourage him to resist a pre-election authorization.”

"I lost a lot of respect for him during the period of time."

For Anthony Fauci, it was Anthony Fauci and his ego, everywhere, all of the time.

"His clock will start after he separates from Katie and so he should start the clock now."

"Terrific couple. Friendship building."

Fauci privately compared COVID-19 to the flu and downplayed the virus's lethality.

"Let us see if this pits me against the POTUS."

He complained about "multiple letters from senators and congressmen fundamentally driven by conspiracy theories."

"It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country."