Fauci, Paul clash over accusations of ‘cheap politics’ regarding alleged ‘takedown’ of other scientists – By Ronn Blitzer (FOX News) / January 11, 2022
Kentucky senator accused Fauci of conspiring with former NIH director to discredit doctors who disagreed with them
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange marked with personal attacks during a Tuesday hearing dealing with the response to COVID-19 variants.
Paul, a fierce critic of the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases director, accused Fauci of playing a role in smearing doctors from Harvard, Oxford and Stanford who had positions different from his own.
“In an email exchange with Dr. [Francis] Collins, you conspire, and I quote here directly from the email, to ‘create a quick and devastating published takedown’ of three prominent epidemiologists from Harvard, Oxford and Stanford,” Paul said, referring to the recently retired National Institutes of Health director.
