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Sen. Rand Paul blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci at a Senate hearing Thursday over gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China calling for his resignation and alleging hes learned nothing from this pandemic.

Paul (R-Ky.) grilled the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, on why he repeatedly denied that the virus research was funded by the NIH prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gain-of-function could cause a pandemic even worse next time, Paul said. [It] could endanger civilization as we know it.

The firebrand conservative claimed NIH-funded scientists created viruses not found in nature and that Fauci misled the American public by refusing to admit it.

Your repeated denials have worn thin and the majority of Americans, frankly, dont believe you, Paul said. Your persistent denials are not just a stain on your reputation but are a clear and present danger to the country and to the world.

You appear to have learned nothing from this pandemic, Paul said. I think its time you resign.

Regardless of whether the viruses created at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were linked to COVID-19, similar research funded by the NIH could spark another pandemic, Paul said. He also alleged that Fauci changed the definition of the term gain-of-function in order to deny it had happened.

Youve changed the definition on your website to cover your ass, Paul said.

But Fauci fired back, telling the Senate Health Committee that Paul is egregiously incorrect in what he says.

Senator, with all due respect, I disagree with so many of the things youve said, Fauci responded. First of all, gain of function is a very nebulous term.

He said the definition was developed over a period of two or three years beginning in 2014, and thatoutside bodies have spent a lot of time to give a more precise definition because it is a research of concern that might lead to a dangerous situation.

The gaudiness are clear that you have to be dealing with a pathogen that clearly shows [that its] very likely to be highly transmissible in an uncontrollable way in humans and to have a high degree of morbidity and that you do experiments to enhance that, he said.

In the case ofthe Wuhan Institute, Its much more likely that [COVID-19] was a natural occurrence, Fauci said.

The heated back-and-forth came two weeks after the NIHadmitted to funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at Chinas Wuhan lab, despite Fauci repeatedly insisting to Congress that no such thing happened.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has failed to follow the science for much of the pandemic, on Wednesday called Omicron, the Covid-19 variant responsible for record-setting number of positive cases, natures vaccine during an interview with Fox & Friends.

Weve got 150 million people in our country that have already had this, he said. Now in the last couple of weeks, were adding millions of people every week who have already gotten this. And the one thing we know is if you get this mild variant, the Omicron, its actually going to protect you against the more serious variants.

This is basically natures vaccine that is running through the community, he added, echoing comments made on the network last month by Dr. Nicole Saphier, a radiologist, who advocated for letting omicron circulate.

Paul noted that letting Omicron run wild doesnt mean some of the vulnerable people may not suffer and die from this, and that we should be trying to protect the vulnerable. The primary way to protect the vulnerable, though, is to get them vaccinated, and Paul has opposed mandates and said he will not even get vaccinated himself.

Paul claimed on Wednesday that the majority of the people in the hospital right now are vaccinated, despite the fact that recentCenters for Disease Control data shows that the risk of hospitalization skyrockets when those who test positive are unvaccinated.

Paul did not specify where he got the idea that 150 Americans have tested positive, a key part of his argument that the U.S. should just go ahead and let Omicron spread. U.S. cases since January 2020 total approximately 56 million, according to the CDC. The number includes all positive cases, not the number of people infected, as some have caught the virus more than once.

Letting Omicron spread like the variants before it could also lead to a new variant that might be able to evade Omicron immunity, even if getting it does provide some protection against older variants. The more Omicron spreads, the more it transmits and the more it replicates, the more likely it is to throw out a new variant, World Health Organization Senior Emergencies Officer Catherine Smallwood told AFP in an interview on Tuesday. Now, Omicron is lethal, it can cause death maybe a little bit less than Delta, but whos to say what the next variant might throw out.

Omicron is now responsible for more than 95 percent of U.S. cases, according to the CDC.

Pauls latest pseudoscience argument should come as no surprise, as the senator has been a notorious spreader of Covid falsehoods throughout the pandemic. This past summer, he was suspended from YouTube for Covid misinformation, prompting him to announce earlier this week that he is moving to Rumble, a video-hosting site favored by the far-right that bills itself as a free-speech haven. Paul will likely be able to spread all the Covid misinformation on the platform, but who needs Rumble when you have Fox News, whose anchors will uncritically nod along as the senator lies about the virus that has killed over 800,000 Americans.

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U.S.Sen. Rand Paul will no longer post videos to YouTube, unless those videos are to criticize the platform or let viewers know where they can find his new videos, according to a release from his office Monday.

Today I begin my exodus from Big Tech, starting with the worst censor of all, YouTube,Paulsaid in the release.As a libertarian leaning Senator, I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, however, those of us who believe that truth comes from disputation and that the marketplace of ideas is a prerequisite for innovation should shun the close-minded censors and take our ideas elsewhere, which is exactly what Im doing.

YouTube has banned some of Paul's video in this past year, particularly those focused on whether masks are effective in preventing the spread of disease,according to the release.

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"Over the last year, YouTube has continued to wage its dangerous, anti-progress of science war against free speech, choosing to act in lockstep with government and ban videos posted by Dr. Paul that dared to contradict the governments position," it stated.

Paul has attracted widespread attention for his comments about the COVID-19 pandemic and more than 50 complaints against him have been filed with the KentuckyBoard of Medical Licensure.

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The Bowling Green Republican is also a physician, and those complaints alleged he violatedhis professional responsibility as a doctor with unfounded public claims about COVID-19.

"He is endangering the health, the well-being and lives of the American people,"one complaint from a Lexington resident said. "This is malpractice on a grand scale."

Paul denied spreading misinformation.

I dedicated my medical career to saving and restoring vision to patients, and Ive dedicated my political career to speaking truth to power in order to help save lives," he said in a statement in September 2021.

"Science, like medicine, has many perspectives and it is often said: 'Get a second opinion.'" Paul said. "Malcontents who want to stifle second opinions are themselves a danger to the community.

Moving forward, Paul will only post to his account on the platform Rumble. He first posted to the platform in February 2021 and has since posted about 100 videos. Paul is currently seeking his third term in Congress, with the primary elections set for May.

Contact reporter Krista Johnson atkjohnson3@gannett.com.

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Calling it his solemn duty, Rand Paul vowed to fill the COVID-misinformation gap created by Twitters ban of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.

In an emotional statement, the U.S. senator from Kentucky said that those who have relied on Greene for COVID-19 falsehoods must not be forgotten.

Twitters ban of Marjorie Taylor Greene left millions without a go-to source for reckless pandemic myths, he said. I am here to say, I got this.

Admitting that it would be challenging to mislead as many people about the virus as Greene did, Paul said, I relish that challenge.

He also addressed what would happen if, like Greene, he is eventually banned from the social-media platform.

I will pass the baton to Matt Gaetz, Ron DeSantis, and Greg Abbott, Paul said. Let Twitter be warned: when it comes to misinformation, we Republicans have an extremely deep bench.

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