A new claim is fueling anger that COVID came from a Wuhan lab and that Fauci helped fund the research, framed as bad for Fauci and public-health officials who denied it.

• A US intelligence official, on the way out, pushed the claim that the virus came from the Wuhan lab.
• The bigger charge: US money helped pay for the risky research, then officials denied the lab origin.
• Anger also targets the shifting COVID rules — mask, no mask, social distancing — that people felt were lies.
• The experimental vaccine is blamed for athletes collapsing, with public figures staying silent about it.
• Frustration is that this story sparks little protest while other issues bring people into the streets.

Outlook: Expect more political pressure on Fauci and health officials, but no clear sign of legal action or public protest soon.