Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says thereās something shady taking place with the job status of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Fauci officially retired as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Dec. 31. However, during an appearance on the Fox News show āHannityā on Tuesday, Paul said that might not be what actually has taken place,
āThereās a massive cover-up going on, and the lead in all of the cover-up has been Fauci,ā Paul said.
āWe now have information that heās still working for government, even though he says heās retired,ā he continued.
Paul offered his explanation for what he has learned.
āIt is my belief that he is worried about being indicted, and so he continues to work, so he will get legal protection under the federal government,ā Paul said.
āThis is wrong on every level of it, and we are going to get to the bottom of it. We are sending a letter to find out what the actual status of his employment is. Is he retired? Is he still getting a federal detail?ā
Paul noted that he has many concerns about COVID-19 and its origins and treatment and that āAt the top of every sort of concern we have itās Tony Fauci.ā
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In speaking with Jesse Watters of Fox News, Paul said there was an extreme conflict of interest in Fauci setting federal policy on COVID while being in charge of an agency doling out federal grants.
In an Op-Ed on Fox News, Paul said that the agency Fauci headed needs to be reformed to end a situation Paul likened to the long reign of J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI.
āWe now know Dr. Fauci used his perch atop the nationās biodefense research apparatus to finance gain-of-function experiments onĀ bat coronavirusesĀ in China. In doing so, he bypassed a security protocol to screen out projects that posed too much risk,ā he wrote.
Paul said he has proposed legislation to divide the agency Fauci led into three parts and ensure that the leaders of those sections serve no more than 10 years, with appointments subject to Senate approval.
āJ. Edgar Hoover and Anthony Fauci are two real-life examples of how too much power in too few hands creates an echo chamber where decisions cannot be questioned. But a free and open society depends upon questioning those in power. A peopleās trust in science depends upon it, too,ā Paul wrote.
During his appearance on āHannity,ā Paul addressed the issue of increased risks of myocarditis ā an inflammation of the heart ā in some who get the COVID vaccine.
āYou have to weigh the risk and benefit. ⦠If you are over 65 or over 70, the risk of the disease, at least for the last couple years, has been much greater than any perceived or any real risk of the vaccine, I believe that,ā Paul said
āBut if you are younger, the risks of the vaccine, even though theyāre rare, can actually exceed the risk of the disease,ā he said.
āWeāve got universities mandating three vaccines,ā Paul said. āI think thatās malpractice because the risk of the myocarditis increases with each vaccine. Thereās a lot of compromises that could happen here: one vaccine, no vaccine if your kidās already had it. But instead, the government says do as youāre told, donāt think about this, donāt listen to any dissent, just do as you are told. And thatās a recipe for bad medicine and really malpractice.ā
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
