Fauci called the claims “absolutely false and simply preposterous” during a heated appearance before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Monday, saying
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a House committee Monday.The panel’s Republicans have not produced any evidence Fauci orchestrated a lab leak coverup, but they continue to emphasize that the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance received funding from Fauci’s agency to conduct virus research in Wuhan, China ― where COVID-19 was first identified.
“Covid-19 wasn’t created by bats in a wet market,” she proclaimed on social media. “It was manufactured in a lab funded by Fauci. He tried to cover it up.”The lab leak theory also remains unproven. Most scientists favor the theory that the virus originated from an animal-to-human transmission. The 2024 election is heating up, and women's rights, health care, voting rights, and the very future of democracy are all at stake. Donald Trump will face Joe Biden in the most consequential vote of our time. And HuffPost will be there, covering every twist and turn. America's future hangs in the balance.
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