and doctor at children s hospital of philadelphia. dr. fauci said it s early but he s optimistic based on what he s seen so far. do you share that optimism? yes. this is a bad coronavirus trying to adapt itself to the human population. from the virus standpoint it wants to become more contagious, that way it can continue to spread. but it also wants to become less viral, less likely to cause serious disease. it s never to the virus advantage to kill you. it needs you to reproduce itself. you may be seeing the natural evolution of an animal virus as it adapts itself to the human population. it s an interesting point and i don t want to get ahead of the data. i know you re a data guy and we have a lot more to learn from this. by the way, here in the u.s., delta remains dominant. remains to be seen how omicron fares in that battle. are you saying it s possible that omicron could take over in effect and be less dangerous than prior iterations of
research. now trying to damage control claiming that the eagle health alliance, who they gave the grant to, and receive your tax dollars, subcontracted with the wuhan lab. respond on twitter, i told you so doesn t begin to cover it here. dr. paul was right, flip-flop fauci wass wrong and appears to have lied repeatedly including ig congress. you might remember this. dr. pal tree, knowing that it s a crime to lie to congress, never funded gain of research in wuhan? speak with microphone is off. senator paul, i ve never lied before congress and i do not retract that statement. the animal virus and you say that s not gain of function?
exchange on capitol hill between senator rand paul and dr. anthony fauci. you take an animal virus and you increase and transmit ability to humans, you re saying that s not gain of function? that is correct, senator paul, you do not know what you re talking about. the virus outlined in the grant reports are unrelated to covid-19. nevertheless, top scientists including dr. fauci and his boss, nih director francis collins, say they cannot rule out the theory of the pandemic was the result of a laboratory accident without more cooperation from the chinese government. back in the u.s., florida governor ron desantis announce he will convene a special session of the republican-controlled legislature in november to fight vaccine mandates posed by businesses. your rights to earn a living should not be contingent on covid shots. the governor supporters cheer the fact that the cases in florida are declining despite the state s opposition to mask and vaccine mandates. lord is worth to
about that grant. dr. fauci, knowing it s a crime to lie to congress would you like to retract your statement senator paul, i have never lied before the congress. i do not retract that statement. this paper that you are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function. what take an animal virus and increase the trans missibility to humans. you say that s not gain of function. that is correct. senator paul, you don know what you re talking about, quite frankly. it now appears tony fauci was lying under oath. according to richard ebright: