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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/563874-fauci-paul-doesnt-know-what-hes-talking-about-and-i-want-to-say-that
and Original article: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/563874-fauci-paul-doesnt-know-what-hes-talking-about-and-i-want-to-say-that?jwsource=cl Fauci: Paul doesn't know what he's talking about 'and I want to say that officially' 6,942 Anthony Fauci clashed with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday, accusing the senator of lying about the role the National Institutes of Health (NIH) played in funding controversial research in Wuhan, China. During a Senate Health Committee hearing about the federal COVID-19 response, Paul said the NIH funded illegal gain of function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which created a highly dangerous and transmissible virus able to infect humans. It's an accusation Paul has made before, and one Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has denied. But on Tuesday, Paul implied Fauci had previously lied to Congress, and that he was fully aware of what the Wuhan lab was doing with grant money that came from NIH. Paul cited an academic paper that purportedly shows the lab was conducting illegal research to create 'potential pandemic pathogens that exist only in the lab, not in nature,' a claim Fauci angrily denied. 'Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, and I want to say that officially,' Fauci said. 'How can you say that's not gain-of-function? It's a dance and you're dancing around this because you're trying to obscure responsibility for 4 million people dying around the world from a pandemic,' Paul responded, cutting Fauci off. 'If the point that you are making is that the grant that was funded as a subaward ... created SARS-COV-2, that's where you are getting,' Fauci said, pointing two fingers at Paul before the senator cut him off again. 'We don't know ... but all the evidence is pointing that it came from the lab and there will be responsibility for those that funded the lab, including yourself,' Paul said, adding that while 'nobody is saying' the viruses that were created in Wuhan caused the pandemic, the lab was still conducting gain-of-function research that was funded by NIH. 'I totally resent the lie you are now propagating, senator,' Fauci said, adding that it is molecularly impossible that research funded by NIH was responsible for SARS-CoV-2. CDC director: Delta variant accounts for 83 percent of all COVID... Fauci: Parents 'should do what is locally asked for' when kids return... Just In... Biden takes steps to review Cuba policy after protests INTERNATIONAL — 8M 26S AGO Pelosi weighing GOP picks for Jan. 6 probe HOUSE — 9M 4S AGO Illinois governor stresses pandemic response in reelection bid launch CAMPAIGN — 10M 28S AGO The days of mystery meat may be ending OPINION — 11M 54S AGO 2020 GOP candidate announces primary bid to replace Crist in Florida CAMPAIGN — 12M 46S AGO Nightmarish 'mosquito tornados' in Russia are so big they block out the sun CHANGING AMERICA — 21M 1S AGO White House has reached out to Fox, other networks on vaccines ADMINISTRATION — 21M 43S AGO Harvey Weinstein extradited to California to face more charges IN THE KNOW — 29M 1S AGO VIEW ALL Related News CNN: Tucker Carlson 'furious' at Fox News execs for not defending his NSA spying claims CNN: Tucker Carlson 'furious' at Fox News… [Gallery] Water Park Bans Mom Over Outfit, Has No Idea How Far She's Willing To Go [Gallery] Water Park Bans Mom Over Outfit… Sponsored | Cleverst Geraldo Rivera knocks 'crazy' talk about right not to be vaccinated: 'We too have rights' Geraldo Rivera knocks 'crazy' talk about right… WaPost gives Ron Johnson four 'Pinocchios' for 'peddling' vaccine misinformation WaPost gives Ron Johnson four… by
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL
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