Commentary “With all due respect, you are entirely, completely incorrect.” The National Institutes of Health, “has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.” That was Biden adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci in a May 11 hearing, responding to Sen. Rand Paul. The Kentucky Republican wondered if American tax dollars supported the dangerous research that could have led to the COVID-19 outbreak. “What Dr. Fauci said yesterday was verifiably false,” Sen. Paul told reporters on May 12. Paul cited a paper from China’s “bat scientist,” a reference to Wuhan virologist Shi Zhengli. She “acknowledged her funding came from Dr. Fauci’s group, the NIAID which is part of NIH. So, he is verifiably telling you something that is not true.” Sen. Paul, a physician, is one of the few in Congress to track gain-of-function research, which he describes as “juicing up these viruses to make …