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Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul to face off on pandemic 'diary,' coronavirus origins - NPR

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Fauci and Rand Paul clash again over whether a U.S. nonprofit funneled American money to the Wuhan lab at the center of the pandemic's disputed origins.

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  • The Wuhan Institute of Virology remains the focal point of the lab leak theory, years after the pandemic began.
  • A key unresolved question is whether a U.S. nonprofit helped fund research at the Wuhan lab, linking American money to the outbreak's possible source.
  • Fauci's personal pandemic 'diary' is now part of the confrontation, suggesting private records may reveal what public testimony did not.
  • Rand Paul and Fauci's repeated face-offs show how the origins debate has become as much a political contest as a scientific one.