《澳洲人报》报道称，福奇博士的前上司罗伯特·卡德莱茨指控福奇带头掩盖在武汉病毒研究所进行了由美国资助的病毒功能增强实验，该实验室受中共和人民解放军的监督。卡德莱茨称

The Australian reported that Robert Kadlec, who was Dr. Fauci’s boss, accuses him of leading efforts to conceal information about US-funded gain-of-function research on viruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology overseen by the CCP and the PLA. Kadlec claims that in January 2020, scientists, including Fauci, suspected the virus was engineered and accidentally released from the lab. 《澳洲人报》报道称，福奇博士的前上司罗伯特·卡德莱茨指控福奇带头掩盖在武汉病毒研究所进行了由美国资助的病毒功能增强实验，该实验室受中共和人民解放军的监督。卡德莱茨称，包括福奇在内的科学家在2020年1月就怀疑该病毒是经过基因改造并意外从实验室泄露。