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Jay Bhattacharya: “President Obama put a pause on such research, and Tony Fauci…”

Featuring: Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University | California

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Extended Interview: NIH director Jay Bhattacharya on Fauci hearing, COVID-19 origins, more

Published | Video Starts at 08:52

I mean, I think there's evidence that Tony Fauci authorized research that happened in the Wuhan lab with American taxpayer money, despite the fact that there were other scientists who thought that this kind of research was too dangerous to do. In fact, President Obama put a pause on such research, and Tony Fauci found ways to get around that. That's clear from the evidence that I've seen. So the question then is just, did it cause the pandemic or not? (08:52–08:59)

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Asserts that Tony Fauci circumvented a pause on research put in place by President Obama.

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