Fauci and Paul’s heated exchange on NIH research in China

“I have not lied before Congress. I have never lied. Certainly not before Congress. Case closed,” infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, saying a study the senator mentioned referenced a different sort of virus entirely from the one responsible for the coronavirus outbreak. “Senator Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about, quite frankly,” Fauci said. “And I want to say that officially. You do not know what you’re talking about.” Read more: Read more: Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: Follow us: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: