Dr. Anthony Fauci tried linking a strategy to avoid lockdowns to scientists who questioned whether HIV causes AIDS, according to an email obtained by The Epoch Times. Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and his former boss, Dr. Francis Collins, both strongly oppose the strategy, which was outlined in a document called the Great Barrington Declaration on Oct. 4, 2020. Martin Kulldorff, then of Harvard University; Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University; and Sunetra Gupta, a professor at Oxford University signed the declaration, which promoted policies aimed at minimizing death and social harm while acknowledging that COVID-19 poses a much greater threat to older people than younger people. “The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus …