Fauci’s diary shows alarm over 2016 Army aerosol Ebola experiment

Newly released memos from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s 2016 diary, provided to the Senate Homeland Security Committee, detail his concern that a U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) experiment aerosolized the Ebola virus and publicly disclosed the results during an African outbreak. Fauci described the work as a “classified experiment that never should have been done” and warned that the data - which suggested vaccinated monkeys suffered greater inflammation than unvaccinated ones - could undermine public confidence in Ebola vaccines.

He instructed staff to provide the full truth to the National Security Council and threatened dismissal for any concealment. The records show NIAID funded the study under a task order, designed the protocol, and shared findings with vaccine manufacturers, despite later claims that classification was considered only after Fauci’s alarm. The episode is being cited by Senator Paul as evidence of risky government-funded virus research and a lack of oversight, prompting calls for a new “Risky Research Review Act.”