Gallo’s premature announcement pioneered a new strategy of “Science by Press Release” that would become a familiar mainstay in Dr. Fauci’s arsenal of narrative control, culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic. The journal Science did not publish Gallo’s paper until over a week after his spectacular TV press conference. At the time, Gallo’s tactic marked a severe breach of professional scientific etiquette. This gimmick assured that nobody could review Gallo’s work prior to his proclamation.
