‘Fauci lied’: New documents on lab leak theory released

Senator Rand Paul has again accused Dr Anthony Fauci of lying under oath while testifying before the Senate in July when he claimed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) did not fund controversial gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China. “Surprise surprise - Fauci lied again,” Senator Paul tweeted. “And I was right about his agency funding novel Coronavirus research at Wuhan.“ It comes after newly released documents obtained by The Intercept show the NIH directed a grant of $3.1 million USD to the US health organisation Eco Health Alliance. Nearly $600,000 of the fund went straight to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study bat coronaviruses. In July Dr Fauci told the Senate the NIH did send funds to study bat coronaviruses, however the money did not fund dangerous gain-of-function research. Gain-of-function is the medical research that “alters an organism or disease in a way that increases pathogenesis, transmissibility or host range.“ However after the 900 pages of documents were released – a mo