Podcast: Time for accountability on COVID origins

By Cameron English and ChuckDinerstein — Aug 26, 2026

Suppressing government documents and evading Freedom of Information requests. Thousands of emails, Slack messages and diary entries released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have raised troubling questions about the behavior of top public health officials and scientists during the COVID pandemic—including one former NIAID adviser who pled guilty to conspiring to conceal public records. Will the science community confront what these communications show?

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The Fauci diaries: COVID questions that deserve answers

Recently released diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci reveal significant gaps between what senior scientists and officials said privately about COVID-19 origins early in the pandemic and what they told the public. The science community needs to grapple honestly with these troubling discrepancies rather than dismiss them. Failing to do so will further erode public trust in science.

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Cameron English

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Cameron English is a writer, editor and co-host of the Science Facts and Fallacies Podcast. Before joining ACSH, he was managing editor at the Genetic Literacy Project.