| − | [[File:Arrest Fauci.PNG|right|275px|thumb|[[Twitter]] CEO [[Elon Musk]] posted, "MY pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci."<ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601894132573605888</ref>]] | + | [[File:Arrest Fauci.PNG|right|275px|thumb|[[Twitter]] CEO [[Elon Musk]] posted, "My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci."<ref>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601894132573605888</ref>]] |
| | In Congressional testimony,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/20/senator-rand-paul-confronts-a-very-nervous-and-lying-dr-anthony-fauci/</ref> Fauci attempted to parse the term "gain-of-function," and was threatened with [[prosecution]] for lying to Congress.<ref>https://www.viralnigeria.com.ng/rand-paul-to-make-criminal-referral-to-doj-after-accusing-fauci-of-lying-to-congress-regarding-gain-of-function-virus-research/</ref> Dr. Roger Ebright, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at [[Rutgers University]] and biosafety expert, contested Fauci's testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Fauci's claim that “the NIH [National Institutes of Health] has not ever and does not now fund gain of function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology [WIV]” is “demonstrably false.”<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/biosafety-expert-explains-why-fauci-140753796.html Biosafety Expert Explains Why Fauci’s NIH ‘Gain-of-Function’ Testimony Was ‘Demonstrably False’, Yahoo News]</ref> The research can be classified as gain-of-function under a number of different definitions, including those found in two pieces of Department of Health and Human Services guidance on the subject. | | In Congressional testimony,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/20/senator-rand-paul-confronts-a-very-nervous-and-lying-dr-anthony-fauci/</ref> Fauci attempted to parse the term "gain-of-function," and was threatened with [[prosecution]] for lying to Congress.<ref>https://www.viralnigeria.com.ng/rand-paul-to-make-criminal-referral-to-doj-after-accusing-fauci-of-lying-to-congress-regarding-gain-of-function-virus-research/</ref> Dr. Roger Ebright, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at [[Rutgers University]] and biosafety expert, contested Fauci's testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Fauci's claim that “the NIH [National Institutes of Health] has not ever and does not now fund gain of function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology [WIV]” is “demonstrably false.”<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/biosafety-expert-explains-why-fauci-140753796.html Biosafety Expert Explains Why Fauci’s NIH ‘Gain-of-Function’ Testimony Was ‘Demonstrably False’, Yahoo News]</ref> The research can be classified as gain-of-function under a number of different definitions, including those found in two pieces of Department of Health and Human Services guidance on the subject. |