Rand Paul

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.

but even went back another decade and started with, they resurrected the Spanish flu. And so the Spanish flu killed 50 to 100 million people back in 1918. And the idea of having the Spanish flu being manipulated in lab and made to be either more dangerous, infectious is worrisome. But this debate's been going on about 20 years.

but even went back another decade and started with, they resurrected the Spanish flu. And so the Spanish flu killed 50 to 100 million people back in 1918. And the idea of having the Spanish flu being manipulated in lab and made to be either more dangerous, infectious is worrisome. But this debate's been going on about 20 years.

but even went back another decade and started with, they resurrected the Spanish flu. And so the Spanish flu killed 50 to 100 million people back in 1918. And the idea of having the Spanish flu being manipulated in lab and made to be either more dangerous, infectious is worrisome. But this debate's been going on about 20 years.

We've shown our bill to many scientists, and our bill is heavy on not an absolute ban, but letting scientists who are experts in this field look at it and make a judgment. The problem with Anthony Fauci is he had scientists looking at this, but he was buttering their bread. I mean, they were all receiving grants.

We've shown our bill to many scientists, and our bill is heavy on not an absolute ban, but letting scientists who are experts in this field look at it and make a judgment. The problem with Anthony Fauci is he had scientists looking at this, but he was buttering their bread. I mean, they were all receiving grants.

We've shown our bill to many scientists, and our bill is heavy on not an absolute ban, but letting scientists who are experts in this field look at it and make a judgment. The problem with Anthony Fauci is he had scientists looking at this, but he was buttering their bread. I mean, they were all receiving grants.

And so one of the biggest supporters of Anthony Fauci, after he signed off on saying this couldn't have come from lab, these people are crazy, got an $8 million grant. And so there's a conflict of interest. We want the council to be comprised of people that aren't getting money directly from somebody that they would want to be pleasing them with their opinion.

And so one of the biggest supporters of Anthony Fauci, after he signed off on saying this couldn't have come from lab, these people are crazy, got an $8 million grant. And so there's a conflict of interest. We want the council to be comprised of people that aren't getting money directly from somebody that they would want to be pleasing them with their opinion.

And so one of the biggest supporters of Anthony Fauci, after he signed off on saying this couldn't have come from lab, these people are crazy, got an $8 million grant. And so there's a conflict of interest. We want the council to be comprised of people that aren't getting money directly from somebody that they would want to be pleasing them with their opinion.

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