'Egregiously incorrect': Fauci rebuts Paul in another tense exchange on pandemic origins
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top medical adviser to President Biden, engaged in by-now-familiar recriminations at a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, clashing — as they have before — on the origins of the coronavirus. Simply put, Paul believes that Fauci is hiding the extent to which the United States was complicit in funding Chinese research he is convinced led to the creation of the pathogen known as SARS-CoV-2.
A veteran of seven presidential administrations, Fauci has his own ideas about Paul — an ophthalmologist by training — that he has not been shy about expressing. “He is egregiously incorrect in what he says,” Fauci said at the conclusion of their confrontation, to which he listened, as he usually does, with grim annoyance.
“History will figure that out on its own,” Paul shot back. A libertarian with unconventional views on the pandemic, the senator has challenged mask mandates and vaccinations, while focusing on the origins of the pandemic. While some say that focus has been justified by revelations about the shadowy world of high-stakes virus research, Paul has been accused of conspiratorial fearmongering.
So it went on Thursday, with Paul showing little interest in the purported topic of the hearing: “Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response.” Testifying alongside Fauci were Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock and high-ranking federal preparedness and response official Dawn O’Connell.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/egregiously-incorrect-fauci-rebutts-paul-in-another-tense-exchange-on-pandemic-origins-172144659.html
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