Emails show Fauci, Collins plotting to circumvent 'impressive' data for COVID natural immunity
Former FDA adviser said he had meetings with feds on natural immunity as comparable to vaccination, but that they dismissed it for bureaucratic and messaging reasons. CDC official justified vaccine based on absence of evidence.
The Biden administration grappled with research suggesting natural immunity was more effective than COVID-19 vaccination shortly before federal vaccine mandates in 2021, admitting the rigor of the massive Israeli study and worrying it might undermine its promotion of one-size-fits-all vaccination, newly released emails show.