A guest essay at Disinformation Chronicle, written by an anonymous infectious disease researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals that the agency was a tightly controlled fifedom where Anthony Fauci behaved “like a medieval Italian Signoria, where his every word was law, his every whim obeyed.” Although the author initially admired Fauci for his strong leadership, that view soured after watching how Fauci handled the origins of COVID-19 and research funding.