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2023-08-11 21:59:24 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Sen. Paul accused Fauci of lying to Congress when he claimed the U.S. was not funding gain of function research in Wuhan, not about vaccines. In Fauci's private emails, Fauci did in fact refer to this research as gain of function. https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/10/rand-paul-us-attorney-dr-fauci-nih/ https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1685357303883591680

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• Sen. Paul accused Fauci of lying to Congress when he claimed the U.S. was not funding gain of function research in Wuhan, not about vaccines. In Fauci's private emails, Fauci did in fact refer to this research as gain of function. https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/10/rand-paul-us-attorney-dr-fauci-nih/ https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1685357303883591680