1, 2020, call involving Fauci and the scientists.Īt a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing on March 8, Jordan claimed Fauci pressured virologists Kristian Andersen of Scripps Research and Robert Garry of Tulane University to change their minds and support the theory that the virus transferred naturally from animals to humans, rather than originating in a lab. Key to this shift in opinion, Jordan said, was a Feb. Anthony Fauci gave scientists one of the grants - worth $9 million - to alter the scientific narrative on how the COVID-19 pandemic started. Jim Jordan baselessly suggested that former NIAID Director Dr. In 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded 11 grants to scientists so they could investigate how and where infectious agents emerge from wildlife and cause illness in humans.Īlthough the grants were reviewed and scored by groups of independent scientists prior to public disclosure of any outbreak, Republican Rep.
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