A GOP-led House committee said Sunday it uncovered new email evidence suggesting Dr. Anthony Fauci “prompted” the drafting of a “proximal origin” publication meant to “disprove” the COVID-19 lab leak theory.
The Republican-led subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic issued a memo (pdf) Sunday saying that there is new evidence on the “proximal origin of Sars-COV-2,” the virus that causes COVID-19. The memo detailed a conference call with former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and at least 11 other scientists in early February 2020, just about a week after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the United States….