Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said a newly unredacted email 'directly contradicts' Dr. Anthony Fauci's testimony about COVID-19 gain-of-function research.
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"The suspicion was heightened by the fact that scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan," Fauci wrote, according to ashared by RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Wegmann.
"This directly contradicts everything he said in committee hearing to me, denying absolutely that they funded any gain of function, and it’s absolutely a lie.
During a heated exchange, Fauci insisted he had"never lied before Congress" during a prior testimony that May, telling Paul,"you don't know what you're talking about." Fauci further denied the National Institutes of Health funded gain-of-function research, despite Paul citing a journal article titled,"Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses.
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