Dr. Anthony Fauci said he sleeps well at night despite accusations that the U.S. could have played a role in the origins of coronavirus by funding risky research in China.
a term that refers generally to manipulating viruses for research purposes, has multiple meanings.
He said the lab leak notion was improbable, claiming the viruses they worked with at the lab did not match the one that sparked the pandemic. "Now you’re saying things that are a little bit troublesome to me," Fauci responded."That I need to go to bed tonight worrying that NIH-funded research was responsible for pandemic origins."
"Well, I sleep fine. I sleep fine," Fauci said."And remember, this work was done in order to be able to help prepare us for the next outbreak. This work was not conceived by me as I was having my omelet in the morning. It is a grant that was put before peer review of independent scientists whose main role is to try to get data to protect the health and safety of the American public and the world.
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