Anthony Fauci Appears Before Congress to Answer Questions on Mask Mandates, COVID-19 Origins

Anthony Fauci Appears Before Congress to Answer Questions on Mask Mandates, COVID-19 Origins

It has been revealed that Anthony Fauci has appeared before Congress to answer vital questions about the origins of COVID-19 and mask mandates. Check out the latest reports about this below.

Fauci appears before Congress

Dr. Anthony Fauci is appearing before Congress on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 to answer questions for some 14 hours on how he flipped his position on public policy for masks, how the agency he headed funded risky research in China, and how post-infection immunity was downplayed.

Dr. Fauci, who is 83 years old and a key figure in the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is currently facing questioning from the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

The questioning is taking place behind closed doors and marks the first time Dr. Fauci is answering questions under oath since November 2022.

Dr. Fauci agreed to appear for questioning for about seven hours each day, but only under the condition that he could bring along two personal lawyers and two government lawyers. The panel announced this in late 2023.

During the questioning, members of the panel plan to ask Dr. Fauci about his stance on mask policy.

According to a committee aide, they will ask him about how he changed his position from his initial belief that masks would not work to curb the transmission of COVID-19, which was reflected in emails he sent in early 2020, to being a strong advocate for wearing masks and mandating them.

Dr. Fauci, who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for over three decades, will be questioned about several topics.

These include an email in which he allegedly prompted the drafting of a publication that downplayed the theory of COVID-19 originating from a Wuhan laboratory in China.

He will also be questioned about his agency’s funding of the same laboratory through a nonprofit, as well as his communication with other high-ranking government officials on the origins of COVID-19.

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