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Bhattacharya suspects that personal attacks were being generated by Stanford’s major funders in the federal government – the NIH’s Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci. It is known that Collins and Fauci orchestrated a campaign against Bhattacharya in earnest in October 2020.

Former CDC Director Bob Redfield said that Collins, Fauci, and other critics should apologize to Bhattacharya for the years of harassment and actions that were both wrong and unprofessional. “If you survive these attacks, and you have a resurrection, you do very well,” Redfield said. “You now have a reputation for substance and standing up for what you believe is true. Not everyone has that. I’m pretty confident he’ll do well, move forward, and do the right thing.”