•Fauci's own journal proved he recommended closing the schools. Then he said under oath that he didn't. A doctor who questioned him from day one breaks it all down. In this episode of The Brief, host Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Dr. Houman Hemmati — ophthalmologist, biotech entrepreneur, frequent Fox News medical contributor, and one of the earliest public voices questioning COVID lockdown policy — for a comprehensive, evidence-based reckoning with everything that went wrong. Dr. Hemmati breaks down why the concept of "America's doctor" was itself the original sin — the idea that one person could be omniscient, infallible, and immune from questioning. He explains his own background in gain-of-function research (conducted as a…
What does Dr. Hemmati say regarding the "14 days to flatten the curve" messaging and California's AB 2098?
Dr. Hemmati states that officials knew from the beginning that "flattening the curve" would not take 14 days and they had no plan for it; additionally, he refers to California's AB 2098 as an unconstitutional law that threatened to revoke medical licenses for doctors who contradicted official stances.
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What was Dr. Hemmati's perspective on the origins of COVID-19 and the lab leak theory?
Dr. Hemmati, who has a background in gain-of-function research conducted at UCLA as a teenager, explains that the lab leak theory was always the most scientifically logical explanation and notes that Occam's razor supports this conclusion regarding where COVID came from.
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What is Dr. Hemmati's stance on the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for children and the principle of informed consent?
Dr. Hemmati argues that children should never have been mandated to receive the COVID vaccine, citing the principle of informed consent which he states applies to every medical treatment.
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How does Dr. Hemmati explain the effectiveness of masking in relation to the size of the virus?
Dr. Hemmati characterizes masking as "largely theater" and uses an analogy comparing the size of the virus particle to the pore size of the mask to settle the debate.
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