Anthony Fauci tends to give as good as he gets throw at up before Congress…“We spend our whole life trying to determine the causes of infectious diseases, and stop them to protect the American people,” Fauci said, adding that he did not pressure colleagues to reach a conclusion about the origins of the virus and disputing other Republican charges.
The former medical adviser is testifying Monday before the House panel investigating the nation’s coronavirus response. The hearing is unfolding amid a battle between the panel’s Republican and Democratic leaders over whether its focus on Fauci is necessary to understand the virus’s possible origins, or a waste of time that is propagating unproven theories about the pandemic and damaging confidence in public health.
It is the first time Fauci has faced a GOP-led panel to publicly answer questions about the covid-19 pandemic, which is linked to the deaths of more than 1 million Americans. Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees U.S. health agencies, also joined the hearing. Fauci privately testified before the lawmakers for 14 hours in January.
The panel has not found evidence that Fauci led a coverup or that the virus leaked from a laboratory. Most U.S. intelligence entities probing the pandemic favor the theory that the virus emerged naturally, via animal-to-human transmission….
image…Anthony S. Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies Monday during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing….Jim Watson/AFP/Getty….