November 02, 2021 10:26 AM UTC

*Sigh* No, Dr. Fauci Is Not "Eating Puppies Alive"

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• by: Colorado Pols

BOEBERT: We need a full investigation into just how many puppies were eaten alive on Fauci’s watch. [Pols emphasis]

Politifact debunks, but the lie has already spread halfway around the world:

Recent blog posts from a conservative watchdog group interested in animal research spending have prompted a wave of criticism aimed at the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, with lawmakers writing him over allegations that his government agency funded research that put beagles through cruel experiments…

The White Coat Waste Project told PolitiFact that it does not know if Fauci personally ordered the studies, but that “it is 100% confirmed that Fauci’s NIH division funded” them. The NIAID, however, said one project — out of which came the widely circulated, graphic photo of beagles with their heads in mesh cages — was wrongly listed as receiving funding from the agency.

“All animals used in NIH-funded research are protected by laws, regulations, and policies to ensure the smallest possible number of subjects and the greatest commitment to their welfare,” the agency said, adding that institutions that receive funds in the U.S. and abroad for animal research must abide by various rules and regulations.

Let’s start with the most important fact as it pertains to Rep. Lauren Boebert’s incendiary clip of video above: no puppies were “eaten alive” on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s watch. The research in question occurred in Tunisia, involved dogs being exposed to sand flies, and was not funded by the U.S. government. The image Boebert’s supporters have in their heads of Hollywood celebrities biting the heads off puppies to drink their adrenochrome-laden puppy blood–and you know that’s what they’re thinking–is a preposterous load of crap.

As for the fact that experimentation on animals for medical research takes place, that’s not news–and Dr. Fauci can hardly be blamed for every such instance of animal experimentation. All we can say is, if Rep. Boebert decides this is her motivation to join People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), they might be glad to have her–as long as Shooters’ Grill goes “cruelty-free” too! As for the “White Coat Waste Project?” They claim to be single-issue:

As a single-issue organization, we do not take any stand on Dr. Fauci and the NIH’s other policies or issues — masks, vaccine mandates, the overall COVID response, or frankly anything else.

Now that we know Dr. Fauci is not eating puppies alive, Boebert has little use for these guys.