No, he didn’t. He played right within the intended window of debate that presupposes that there was a new and dangerous, spreading virus.
The old lab leak vs bat-in-the-wet-market debate was part of that as well. If you want further evidence that Rand’s dance with Fauci was kabuki theater, where were the repercussions for Fauci repeatedly getting caught in lies—and then left off the hook?
Most of the other Republicans have spines of jelly. Paul did everything he could. He cannot indict Fauxi by himself.