Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed concern on Wednesday that the thousands of recently publicized emails revealing his correspondence about the coronavirus early in the pandemic can easily be “taken out of context.”

The emails, which were obtained by both Buzzfeed and the Washington Post through Freedom of Information Act requests and published on Tuesday, brought immediate criticism from Republican lawmakers, including one who called for the doctor’s firing.

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