Loading ...Sen. Paul to Newsmax: NIH Funded Research on Avian Flu Years Before COVID
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) was funding gain-of-function research to mutate the avian flu at least 10 years before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday on Newsmax. He added that Dr. Anthony Fauci was director of its National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the time.
“The NIH has funded research to mutate the avian flu to make it more transmissible through the air and among mammals,” the Kentucky Republican said on “National Report.” “This is very, very dangerous research.” Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told Newsmax in March that there were grants at U.S.-based labs to perform gain-of-function experiments, including on bird flu.