This week, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Anthony Fauci squared off in the public arena yet again.<\/p>\n
The two have frequently sparred over pandemic policy in Congressional committee hearings over the past year and a half, and their debates have often been contentious. But this interaction involved a particularly frazzled Fauci. In the brief exchange, Fauci looked around for assistance in the room, called Paul a liar, and shouted<\/a> \u201cyou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about!\u201d as Paul proceeded to question him.<\/p>\n In his opening statement, Paul referenced an academic paper<\/a> that further calls into question the origins of the COVID-19 variant that upended the world. \u201cWe hypothesize that the direct progenitor of SARS-CoV may have originated after sequential recombination events between the precursors of these SARSr-CoVs,\u201d stated the numerous scientists and doctors who authored the research.<\/p>\n The data is the latest in a long line of evidence that has emerged indicating the viability of the theory that the disease not only came from a lab, but that the NIH actually funded the laboratory and research that may have produced it. But in a May hearing, when originally pressed on it by Dr. Paul, Fauci denied that his agency funded gain-of-function research<\/a> at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).<\/p>\n Those statements were brought into doubt. The NIH did fund<\/a> research at WIV that analyzed bat specimens collected from caves in China to study their potential for infecting humans. The grant was made<\/a> in a roundabout way through a nonprofit called EcoHealth.<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Fauci, knowing that it is a crime to lie to Congress, do you wish to retract your statement of May 11 where you claimed that the NIH never funded gain-of-function research and move on?\u201d Paul asked.<\/p>\n In response, Fauci stated, \u201cSenator Paul, I have never lied before the Congress, and I do not retract that statement. This paper that you\u2019re referring to was judged by qualified staff, up and down the chain, as not being gain-of-function.\u201d<\/p>\n It appears that instead of arguing the actual data, Fauci is now resorting to semantics around the definition of \u201cgain-of-function,\u201d but even to a scientific layman it is becoming increasingly clear that Fauci misled the American public for some time on this matter. He knew he authorized the funding and was not forthcoming on that fact\u2014even when asked by a sitting Senator.<\/p>\n Yes, Dr. Fauci\u2019s NIH did fund the Wuhan Virology Lab. Here\u2019s the verbatim admission from their chief scientist Dr. Shi Zhengli. pic.twitter.com\/wk5mzeLWHR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hey guys, @RandPaul<\/a> was right and Fauci was wrong. The NIH was funding gain of function research in Wuhan but NIH pretended it didn’t meet their “gain of function” definition to avoid their own oversight mechanism. SorryNotSorry if that doesn’t fit your favorite narrative.<\/p>\n \u2014 Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) July 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Paul was having none of it. “I will be sending a letter to the Department of Justice asking for a criminal referral because he has lied to Congress. We have scientists that were lined up by the dozens to say that the research he was funding was gain-of-function,” Paul told<\/a> Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n This would certainly not be the first time<\/a> Fauci has been caught giving the American people false information, not by a long shot.<\/p>\n From the very beginning of the crisis, Fauci found it appropriate to lie to the people and control valuable information around the pandemic.<\/p>\n As people rushed to purchase masks and other protective wear, he gave<\/a> statements discouraging the use of masks and claiming they were not effective at blocking the illness. The government of course quickly reversed its position and continues to mandate masks in public places to this day, despite the availability of vaccines.<\/p>\n\n
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Fool Me Once Shame on Me, Fool Me Twice You Might Be Fauci<\/strong><\/h4>\n