Under Fauci, NIAID also sponsored research into treatments for pandemic flu and the Ebola and Zika viruses. AdvertisementThe committee members are fixated on the notion that Fauci “suppressed” discussion of the possibility of a lab leak. AdvertisementThe subcommittee Republicans tried hard to contradict the notion that the lab leak hypothesis is a “conspiracy theory.” Fauci played along, up to a point. The Republicans blamed Fauci for imposing a regulation on Americans specifying that effective social distancing required a six-foot space between individuals. In any case, Fauci never had the authority to impose public health mandates — whether for masks, social distancing, vaccination or anything else.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 04, 2024 18:08 UTC