Dr. Anthony Fauci grilled in House hearing over Covid-19 origins
- Dr. Anthony Fauci faces tough questions from a House subcommittee regarding the origins of Covid-19.
- The hearing focuses on the US' pandemic response, policies, and transparency in relation to Covid-19.
- The House panel investigates emails hinting at transparency issues within the response to the pandemic.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will speak at a hearing in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee today. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The virus, known as Covid-19, started in China and is related to the SARS virus. The Covid-19 pandemic began with pneumonia cases reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. By January 20, 2020, the National Institutes of Health started working on a vaccine for the coronavirus. The first Covid-19 death in the United States was reported on February 6, 2020. The WHO officially declared the pandemic on March 11, 2020. Dr. Fauci, now the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, will testify in front of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at 10 a.m. Representatives, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, are expected to question him about his previous statements on pandemic guidelines and the lab leak theory. Despite extensive investigations, no evidence has linked Dr. Fauci to the origins of the pandemic. The hearing will also address concerns about research grants given to EcoHealth Alliance, a group that collaborated with scientists in Wuhan. This event marks a culmination of ongoing scrutiny towards American scientists and health officials regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.