Posted on 05/13/2021 5:48:44 PM PDT by RandFan
President Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Thursday he doesn't "understand what the problem is" with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after multiple heated exchanges with the senator during hearings.
Fauci, the nation's leading infectious diseases expert, was asked by host Gayle King on "CBS This Morning" how he felt about speaking with the senator.
"You know, Gayle, I just don't want to get into that tit for tat. I just don't understand what the problem is with him," Fauci said. "Well, I'm just going to do my job and he can do what he wants to do and we'll see what happens."
Paul and Fauci most recently clashed on Tuesday during a hearing on the pandemic response.
The senator alleged that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sent funding to a lab in Wuhan, China, that artificially "juiced up" a virus originally found in bats.
"Sen. Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely, entirely and completely incorrect," Fauci, who leads the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), told Paul. "The NIH has not ever, and does not now, fund 'gain of function research' in the Wuhan Institute."
Fauci noted that the NIH had funded a project that took place in the Wuhan lab, but it was not meant for gain of function research into human-made superviruses. The NIH awarded a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a group that hired the lab to conduct genetic analyses of bat coronaviruses. The Trump administration forced the NIH to terminate the grant last year.
"Let me explain to you why that was done: The SARS-CoV-1 originated in bats in China. It would have been irresponsible of us if we did not investigate the bat viruses and the serology to see who might have been infected," Fauci said.
Paul continued to argue with Fauci, accusing him of supporting the laboratory and cooperating with the Chinese government.
"I do not have any accounting of what the Chinese may have done, and I'm fully in favor of any further investigation of what went on in China," Fauci said. "However, I will repeat again, the NIH and NIAID categorically has not funded gain of function research to be conducted in the Wuhan Institute."
The pair have clashed repeatedly during the coronavirus pandemic, including arguing over the necessity to wear masks in public in March. "Here we go again with the theater," Fauci told the senator during that hearing.
Well, no, you wouldn’t understand.
“I will repeat again, the NIH and NIAID categorically has not funded gain of function research to be conducted in the Wuhan Institute.”
There is absolutely NO WAY he could be certain of that! Not to mention, there is significant evidence (ie. Wade) to the contrary you self important POS.
St Fauci speaketh again. PTL.
Rand Paul has him dead to rights. Fauci was lying, NIAID funding is a matter of public record.
The fact that he used a cutout is immaterial.
To paraphrase Hamlet:
""The lady fraudulent fauci doth protest too much, methinks""
Little Lord Farquaad is going down.
Funny how once his connection to gain of function China money comes to life, he’s being guided into oblivion Vs. prosecuted and jailed.
We already know Fauxci doesn’t understand a great many things.
The Fauxcian Bargain is worse than the Faustian Bargain.
A statement that would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous.
As a general rule of thumb, if a person is in public office or in the media, it is highly unlikely that they are a leading expert on anything.
Couldn’t possibly be do to the fact that you are a lying weasel who changes you mind all the time and hides behind the “science” that you never explain.
Media just giving its favored side a platform.
Appearing to be neutral and objective
Gaggingly disgusting
And many FR people just love Fauxci
When was the last time Fauci practiced medicine?
Fauci: There is nothing wrong with me, with me, with me, with me, with me.....
The only one that doesn’t think that Fauxi is some kind of a conniving rat bastard is the guy Fauxi sees in the mirror, and sometimes, he’s not so sure.
This article says Fauci is a liar.
Where is your AIDS cure Fauci?
Perhaps fauxcheeze’s 🐂💨💩 .
Rand Paul doesn’t appreciate being lied to.
As someone posted, earlier....
Thank God for Sen Rand Paul on his calling out the FRAUDci.
Maybe Rand is not a fan of mass murderers.
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