FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary dropped a bombshell during an appearance on the “Pod Force One” podcast. Speaking with host Miranda Devine, Makary laid out allegations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“One thing that’s extremely obvious that very few people realize, and certainly hardly anyone in the medical establishment where I come from realized, is that [Fauci] was involved in a massive cover-up of the origins of COVID, a massive cover-up,” he said. “Whether or not he was involved in the experiments or funding the experiments that led to the origins of COVID, he was clearly 100% involved in the cover-up.”
The claims center on Fauci’s efforts to bury the possibility that the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. Makary pointed to a 2023 release from the House Oversight Committee, which revealed Fauci had commissioned and approved a key paper titled “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2.” That document, published in February 2020, argued against a lab origin.
Yet, according to Makary, it came just days after Fauci and former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discussed early reports suggesting a lab leak. Virologists involved in a call with Fauci initially leaned toward the Wuhan lab as the source, but soon produced a denial. Some of those authors later received millions in funding from Fauci’s agency.
Makary also charged that Fauci and Collins pushed to weaken Obama-era restrictions on gain-of-function research—the kind that amps up viruses for study—and approved grants for such work. “He parsed his words to basically lie to Congress,” Makary said of Fauci’s testimony on the matter.
These accusations align with broader findings. A Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, after dozens of interviews and hearings, concluded in December 2024 that the pandemic stemmed from a lab leak in Wuhan. The Trump administration has since amplified this narrative, posting a dedicated page on the White House website asserting the virus’s lab origins and pointing fingers at Fauci and others for suppressing the truth. The page describes the “Proximal Origin” paper as a tool used by officials to dismiss lab leak concerns.
Makary expressed frustration that even his old colleagues at Johns Hopkins remained in the dark.
“What I’m shocked by coming from the faculty at Johns Hopkins is none of my colleagues knew any of this,” he told Devine. He called the whole episode “an American tragedy,” blaming it on blind loyalty within the medical elite and the sway of funding streams. Fauci, in Makary’s view, ascended to “sainthood” status amid the chaos, wielding immense influence.
Adding fuel to the fire, Joe Biden issued Fauci a broad pardon in December 2024, covering any offenses from 2014 onward. Makary suggested this move went beyond mere policy disputes, hinting at deeper protections tied to the alleged cover-up.
The Wuhan lab’s lax safety protocols—comparable to those in a “poorly managed dental office,” as Makary put it—only strengthen suspicions. “This is not rocket science. It’s a no-brainer where it came from,” he insisted.
Fauci has not commented on these latest claims. But with Makary now at the helm of the FDA, calls for accountability may grow louder, especially as the new administration digs into past handling of the pandemic. The full podcast episode sheds more light on how entrenched interests might have prioritized self-preservation over public transparency.
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