Anthony Fauci’s Diary Reveals Early COVID Mortality Estimate and Post‑Vaccination Lung Blood Clot
A released diary containing more than 1,100 pages of Anthony Fauci’s private notes shows that in February 2020 he recorded 34,867 confirmed COVID‑19 cases and 724 deaths, a raw case‑fatality rate just above two percent. After discussion with former CDC director Tom Frieden, Fauci noted the rate should be adjusted for uncounted mild infections, writing it was “more like 0.2‑0.3 %.”
Later entries describe Fauci experiencing a pulmonary infarction – a blood clot in his lung – a few months after receiving a COVID‑19 vaccine at a public press conference in December 2020. He kept the condition private, received anticoagulation treatment (Eliquis) and a follow‑up CT scan, and noted that radiologists considered the finding likely inflammatory rather than cancerous. The diary also records Fauci’s awareness that the overall risk of death from COVID‑19 was about 0.2 % in the general population.
The diary is slated for public release ahead of Fauci’s scheduled Senate testimony on Wednesday, drawing renewed scrutiny of his earlier public statements about the pandemic’s severity.
Entities: Anthony Fauci · COVID‑19 pandemic · COVID‑19 vaccine · Tom Frieden · U.S. Senate · United States Senate
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Fauci did not disclose his pulmonary infarction publicly before testifying before the U.S. Senate. (Diary observation and media reporting)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Fauci was scheduled to testify before the U.S. Senate on a Wednesday following the diary release. (Diary note and news coverage)
- [● 3 SOURCES] Fauci and former CDC director Tom Frieden agreed the COVID‑19 outbreak behaved like a bad influenza in transmissibility. (Diary note describing a call with Tom Frieden)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Fauci was treated privately by top doctors and started anticoagulation with Eliquis after the pulmonary infarction. (Diary medical note)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Anthony Fauci received a COVID‑19 vaccine at a public press conference in December 2020. (Diary entry)
- [● 3 SOURCES] Anthony Fauci recorded a COVID‑19 case‑fatality rate estimate of about 0.2‑0.3 % in his diary on February 7, 2020. (Fauci’s diary entry)
- [● 3 SOURCES] More than 1,100 pages of Fauci’s diary were released publicly. (Media reports on diary release)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Five months after vaccination, Fauci experienced a pulmonary infarction (blood clot in the lung). (Diary medical note)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Fauci kept the pulmonary infarction private, was treated with anticoagulation (Eliquis) and scheduled a follow‑up CT scan. (second article)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Fauci later wrote that after accounting for uncounted infections the COVID‑19 case‑fatality rate was “more like 0.2‑0.3 %”. (first article)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] In February 2020 Fauci recorded 34,867 known COVID‑19 cases and 724 deaths, a raw case‑fatality rate just above two percent. (first article)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Fauci noted in his diary that he suffered a pulmonary infarction (blood clot in the lung) a few months after receiving the COVID‑19 vaccine in December 2020. (second and third articles)