Rand Paul

I wrote a book, Deception, the great COVID cover-up about this. Gain-of-function research is research where you take a virus and then you adapt that virus to make it either more transmissible or more lethal in humans. And we have been funding this. Anthony Fauci approved the funding in Wuhan, China, but also around the world. There are dozens of labs.

I wrote a book, Deception, the great COVID cover-up about this. Gain-of-function research is research where you take a virus and then you adapt that virus to make it either more transmissible or more lethal in humans. And we have been funding this. Anthony Fauci approved the funding in Wuhan, China, but also around the world. There are dozens of labs.

Across the United States, there are dozens of labs doing this type of research. It's very, very dangerous. As dangerous or as bad as COVID was, and you saw how we reacted to COVID, 0.3% of Americans died. That's about a million. So I'm not downplaying it. I'm just saying 0.3%. There are viruses in the lab that can kill 50%. but they're not very transmittable from human to human.

Across the United States, there are dozens of labs doing this type of research. It's very, very dangerous. As dangerous or as bad as COVID was, and you saw how we reacted to COVID, 0.3% of Americans died. That's about a million. So I'm not downplaying it. I'm just saying 0.3%. There are viruses in the lab that can kill 50%. but they're not very transmittable from human to human.

Across the United States, there are dozens of labs doing this type of research. It's very, very dangerous. As dangerous or as bad as COVID was, and you saw how we reacted to COVID, 0.3% of Americans died. That's about a million. So I'm not downplaying it. I'm just saying 0.3%. There are viruses in the lab that can kill 50%. but they're not very transmittable from human to human.

So for example, avian flu, which you've heard a lot about, is dangerous, but you mostly get it directly from the birds. So people who handle chickens or handle birds have gotten this in the United States, a handful. But they don't transmit it to another human because it's an animal virus and doesn't transmit very well.

So for example, avian flu, which you've heard a lot about, is dangerous, but you mostly get it directly from the birds. So people who handle chickens or handle birds have gotten this in the United States, a handful. But they don't transmit it to another human because it's an animal virus and doesn't transmit very well.

So for example, avian flu, which you've heard a lot about, is dangerous, but you mostly get it directly from the birds. So people who handle chickens or handle birds have gotten this in the United States, a handful. But they don't transmit it to another human because it's an animal virus and doesn't transmit very well.

I think to take avian flu, though, and work on it in the lab and pass it through animals over and over again to adapt it so it attaches and infects humans is a death wish. I think it's because accidents happen. Even the safest labs have accidents.

I think to take avian flu, though, and work on it in the lab and pass it through animals over and over again to adapt it so it attaches and infects humans is a death wish. I think it's because accidents happen. Even the safest labs have accidents.

I think to take avian flu, though, and work on it in the lab and pass it through animals over and over again to adapt it so it attaches and infects humans is a death wish. I think it's because accidents happen. Even the safest labs have accidents.

Alison Young wrote a book a few years ago, and she documented 1,500 different accidents just in our country, and we're probably the safest on the planet. And still these inadvertent accidents happen. So, no, I think particularly if it's taxpayer money, we need to have oversight of this.

Alison Young wrote a book a few years ago, and she documented 1,500 different accidents just in our country, and we're probably the safest on the planet. And still these inadvertent accidents happen. So, no, I think particularly if it's taxpayer money, we need to have oversight of this.

Alison Young wrote a book a few years ago, and she documented 1,500 different accidents just in our country, and we're probably the safest on the planet. And still these inadvertent accidents happen. So, no, I think particularly if it's taxpayer money, we need to have oversight of this.

And so I have a bill called the Risky Research Review Act, which would create a presidential commission of scientists that would oversee and determine what should be funded and what should not be funded.

And so I have a bill called the Risky Research Review Act, which would create a presidential commission of scientists that would oversee and determine what should be funded and what should not be funded.

And so I have a bill called the Risky Research Review Act, which would create a presidential commission of scientists that would oversee and determine what should be funded and what should not be funded.

You know, I can't speak directly for him. Many of his administration do, and they'll have to speak for themselves. But I can tell you, I've discussed it with Robert Kennedy, Jay Bhattacharya at NIH, as well as Marty McCary at FDA. I've discussed it with a lot of scientists. The debate over this issue is interesting. Didn't start with COVID. Started with the avian flu in 2010.

You know, I can't speak directly for him. Many of his administration do, and they'll have to speak for themselves. But I can tell you, I've discussed it with Robert Kennedy, Jay Bhattacharya at NIH, as well as Marty McCary at FDA. I've discussed it with a lot of scientists. The debate over this issue is interesting. Didn't start with COVID. Started with the avian flu in 2010.

You know, I can't speak directly for him. Many of his administration do, and they'll have to speak for themselves. But I can tell you, I've discussed it with Robert Kennedy, Jay Bhattacharya at NIH, as well as Marty McCary at FDA. I've discussed it with a lot of scientists. The debate over this issue is interesting. Didn't start with COVID. Started with the avian flu in 2010.