Yes, Fauci and Gates suffered serious ego deaths concerning ivermectin well before Daszak-Shi-Baric bat virus was discovered in Ap 2011:
Feb 2011 Kitasato Institute, Ivermectin
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Feb 2011 Kitasato Institute, Ivermectin

Ivermectin, 'wonder drug' from Japan: the human use perspective - PubMed
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin--originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil--has had an immeasurably beneficial impact in improving the lives and welfare of...
