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Anthony Fauci’s private diary from early 2020 revealed his true assessment of COVID-19’s case fatality rate at a mere 0.2 to 0.3 percent after consulting experts. He understood cases were severely undercounted due to limited testing, painting a far less alarming picture than the one sold to the public.Yet just weeks later, in congressional testimony, Fauci boldly claimed the mortality rate stood at around 3 percent, or at least 1 percent even accounting for asymptomatic cases. He insisted it was ten times deadlier than the seasonal flu, fueling widespread fear.This stark contradiction between private knowledge and public alarmism raises serious questions about the motives behind the panic that followed. Officials who exaggerated the threat while knowing better eroded trust and justified extreme measures that devastated lives and livelihoods.