Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., criticized Drs. Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins on 'Your World' as House Republicans establish a select committee on the origins of the coronavirus.
, former chief medical adviser to the president, was engaged in an"elaborate cover-up" of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday as the GOP-led House of Representatives is set to embark on a select committee investigation into the contagion.of ophthalmology who has sparred with Fauci several times in Senate HELP Committee hearings, told"The Story" that Fauci's behind-the-scenes behavior in an alleged cover-up began in January 2020.
"There's a responsibility – because for years he had advocated for gain-of-function research. He's even quoted as saying in 2012, if a pandemic should occur, if a scientist should be bitten by an animal and the virus gets out of the lab, it would be worth the knowledge."The 2012 statement for a U.S.
"[T]he money definitely went to gain-of-function research. They would take a known SARS virus: This is the backbone, or the original SARS from 2003 and 2004 -- They would go to batcaves 8 or 10 hours away, find new viruses, take the S-protein off and merge them into brand-new viruses never before found in nature," Paul claimed.
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