
<p>Maybe you can take bat viruses and enhance them so that they can infect humans. ; Maybe you can get away with lying about it to Congress. ; But torturing puppies in the name of science may be a bridge too far.</p>



<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci is head of the National Institute of Health’s Allergy and Infectious Diseases agency, Medical Advisor to President Biden and America’s highest paid bureaucrat ($434,312 per year). ; He has become controversial over his flips on Covid Pandemic advice. ; He first said Covid would not impact America – until it did. ; He advised against wearing masks unless you had the virus – until he called for universal masking. ; He said it was safe to be outside – until it was not.</p>



<p>He got into a brouhaha with Senator Rand Paul, who accused Fauci’s organization of funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab. ; After repeatedly saying under oath that no such funding was being provided, the NIH admitted that the funding was for gain-of-function research on bat viruses – although not the Covid-19 variety. ; Fauci had lied to Congress – and Paul was right.</p>



<p>It seems that Fauci has survived all those controversies – and his public image is only slightly tarnished. ; But that was before it was revealed that the kindly looking doctor was overseeing the torturing of puppies. ; Yikes!</p>



<p>I understand – and approve – of the need to use animals in medical research. ; Many of earth’s fauna had enabled scientists to achieve breakthrough medications and procedures that have saved – or extended &#8212; the lives of virtually everyone on earth. ;</p>



<p>Outside of militant groups of animal lovers, most of us accept the need to sacrifice rats, pigs and even an occasional monkey. ; But puppies? ; There is almost nothing in the animal world that appeals to the human heart more than puppies. ; After all, dogs are regarded as “man’s best friend.”</p>



<p>As if the use of puppies is not bad enough, it is the experimentation that is gut wrenching. The details of the procedures had the look of Nazi experiments on humans. ; In this case, the beagle puppies were infected with parasites that would eat away at them. ; Their heads were sealed so that swarms of flies would bite them and inject the parasites.  ; The puppies had their vocal cords cut so they could not bark and then they were allowed to be consumed by the parasites. ; ;</p>



<p>HOWEVER … the sensationalized media reports had it wrong. ; Oh, those hideous experiments are being funded and conducted, but not by the agency headed by Fauci. ; ;</p>



<p>But the story did bring attention to a relatively unknown truth. ; In denying that the National Institute of Health’s Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Fauci’s organization &#8212; was responsible for the dog experiments in the initial news report, the agency did admit that they do other research on dogs – and that the vocal cords are cut so the dogs cannot bark.</p>



<p>They gave two reasons for the laryngectomies. ; They say the sound of the barking causes stress among the dogs. ; Damn considerate of the scientists … eh? ; No need to overly stress dogs that are writhing in pain – silently.</p>



<p>The second reason can only be seriously advanced by bureaucrats. ; The dog experiments blame another bureaucratic agency – in this case, OSHA. ; It seems the screeching of the dogs creates sound levels beyond what is permitted by workplace safety standards. ; Unanswered is just what is being done to the dogs that would have had them barking so much – and so loudly?</p>



<p>The central question is whether all that research is really necessary. ; After all, it is true that the horrific Nazi experiments provided valuable medical information – just like the outrageous syphilis experiments on Negros provided valuable information back in the 20<sup>th</sup> Century. ; And just as selling fetal body organs provide valuable scientific information. ; But at what cost? ; Where do we draw the line?</p>



<p>To be honest, I do not know where that line is, but I am inclined to believe that the described puppy experiments have crossed it. ; I would like Fauci to explain the essential value of these experiments.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Another issue dogging Fauci
