Readers are invited to compare and contrast the scientific contributions of Steven Quay and Anthony Fauci, both in general and specifically in the fields of immunology, microbiology, and virology. Quay: scholar.google.com/citations?us... Fauci: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Mark Histed@markhisted.org · 24h ago

In 2024 before the election, I was talking to a former senior HHS/NIH official. They said they weren’t *that* worried about a second Trump admin (wrong in retrospect), but said (paraphrase): “If they clean out and replace the Institute directors, well, THAT will be a disaster.” That’s 👇👇 this. 🧵

Totally tracks. Quay is a lab leaker, which is essential for an RFK Jr appointment, and Quay has a long history of being very wrong, scientifically, which is also crucial for an RFK Jr appointment.

Stacy Federick@sfederick.bsky.social · 7h ago

"Quay applied. NIH staff reviewed applications and did not advance him to the interview stage, according to one of the people familiar with the process. But Kennedy selected Quay .."

Quay's 2026 X posts are still there; check what he found appropriate posting: an AI-generated "infographic" of the DRC Ebola outbreak, with a round coronavirus-like virus, and imaginary country shapes (again, on a par with this administration) source: archive.ph/uXeQh ▫️6/ #covidorigin #quayniaid

Add to it some gratuitous cringiness, when he and other leakers harassed an editor because they did not like a paper (ours...), to the point that the editor had to close their social media accounts. "I'll even buy you a wig for your post-debate alopecia." ▫️5/ #covidorigin #quayniaid

Quay is a well-rounded person spending too much time on the Internet, so he is also a climate sceptic. ▫️4/ #covidorigin #quayniaid

Because the Venn diagram of lab leakers and antivaxxers is close to a circle, Quay is antivaxx. It helps to work under RFK Jr., I guess. Here he is, rewritting tweets by accounts that described every sudden death as being caused by a vaccine. ▫️3/ #covidorigin #quayniaid

Quay is a lab leaker, and everything is a lab leak. SARS-CoV-2 of course, but also... West Nile virus, when Fauci was infected in 2024. ▫️2/ #covidorigin #quayniaid archived: archive.ph/zyaW6

Steven Quay, in line to be NIAID director, is not just any lab leaker. He is of the type of leakers who still talk about "HIV inserts". He has deleted his tweets from 2021-2025, so here are some screenshots to give you an idea of who Quay is: ▫️1/🧵 #covidorigin #quayniaid

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24h ago

This is just bat-shit crazy. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Speechless... Well, at least it's not Ebirght?

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24h ago

This is just bat-shit crazy. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A key part of the COVID Amnesia Project is denying who was in charge in 2020.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

Podcast-J is a pathological liar.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d ago

Let’s unpack this post by NIH and CDC Director and self-made victim Jay Bhattacharya. 1. This was not misreporting. This is what RFK Jr. said in his interview. 2. Free speech was not “suspended”. If it had been no one would know who Bhattacharya is.

What about covid orphans? Let’s address that too, shall we?

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 5d ago

There are working class and vulnerable kids who will never have the life they should have had because of school closures. Let’s address that too, shall we?

Because RFK Jr. doesn't mean actual frontline doctors. He means the conspiracy theory propaganda org. "America's Frontline Doctors" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

America's Frontline Doctors - Wikipedia

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Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 3d ago

This guy says we need to listen to frontline doctors, 99% of whom want him to resign.

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

I just wasted a few hours listening to @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @harvardmed.bsky.social faculty use their fame and positions to peddle protein bars. How are these shyster-casts ethical?

Fauci is a hero. Rand Paul’s a zero. Who agrees? Full story here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/fauci-just...

Fauci Just Humiliated Rand Paul In Front Of The Entire World

Five years led to this. Trump’s Supreme Court threat died in silence. Comey called it revenge. A teachers union froze NVIDIA cold.

dworkinsubstack.com

Considering how badly Covid was mishandled, they're probably going to regret the decision to make Fauci's personal diary and journal public. We're going to see how it was handled from the insider, from Fauci's point of view... based on you know...science.

And the Razzie goes to...

Republicans and Dr. Fauci still disagree on covid origins.

@joho.bsky.social Great look for all the MAHA enablers and people who insisted Jay Bhattacharya got much of the COVID pandemic right.

I see two horrible men of no redeeming value whose work is leading to increased deaths in their country, one who could have made millions if he left public service for industry years ago but instead led efforts against HIV and COVID-19 under both GOP and Democrat administrations, and a puppy.

This is an ACTUAL post (Twitter & Instagram), written by the MAHA leader who runs the US health system, with a photoshopped photo These are unserious dudes Ofc he makes $$$ selling his book The Real Anthony Fauci (>1 million copies sold to his MAHA followers) so he's gotta keep the $$$ coming in!

It ‘s one of the things I worry about. A lot.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

The Fauci hearing perfectly illustrated how living through a once in a century pandemic somehow made Republicans far worse on public health. God forbid we face anything like covid again during Trump 2.0. There will be no Dr Fauci around to try to talk sense to Trump.

The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. By @snipy.bsky.social in @atrupar.com’s PN:

The "new science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.

open.substack.com

This is crucially important.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

New in PN: The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift "It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities is that there's no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving billions to Silicon Valley types."

Novel idea. Investigate Rand Paul. Probe his ass with a microscope, plenty of corrupt dirty shit there to find, no doubt.

#MAGACultMorons always blame someone else. F*ck rand paul

I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass.

a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable."