Republican Sen. Rand Paul and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci sparred once again in a Senate hearing, with the lawmaker …
Republican Sen. Rand Paul and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci sparred once again in a Senate hearing, with the lawmaker pressing Fauci Tuesday on reports he sought to quash «fringe» epidemiologists’ coronavirus mitigation strategies and accusations he is at least tangentially culpable in the creation of viruses through gain-of-function research. Following the hearing, Paul told » The Story » there is evidence on a probability of «90 to 10» that the COVID-19 virus came from a Wuhan, China, laboratory and was engineered via gain-of-function research, despite Fauci’s denials. «[Fauci] funded the lab,» Paul told host Martha MacCallum. «He tried to obscure the idea that he was giving money to the lab and then he steadfastly, for two years, said it wasn’t gain of function, that they weren’t taking viruses that don’t exist in nature, creating them and creating viruses that are so dangerous that they could actually wipe out a portion of humanity.» «He continues to deny that if this came from the lab — yes, he’s culpable,» Paul added. «So when you ask him to investigate it, he’s not exactly interested. He has a conflict of interest because it came from the lab.» The Kentucky senator discussed how Fauci previously appeared to claim to be the human embodiment of science by declaring, «I am the science» in response to another interviewer’s question about critics attacking him. «Dr. Fauci doesn’t want to debate. He wants to squelch debate because ‘he is science’. If you criticize him, you’re criticizing science,» Paul said. Paul, a doctor of ophthalmology, further explained that most of the heavily-enforced COVID mandates at the federal level have come from Fauci or CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. He explained that by Fauci mostly ignoring the science of immunity – such as through antibodies built via prior infection – he believes the United States is still «undervaccinated.
