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In the pursuit of clarity, the committee subjected Dr. Fauci to a rigorous two-day questioning about NIH funding and his responsibility in shaping the narrative regarding the pandemic’s origins. Fauci, an 83-year-old immunologist who has faced threats to his safety, maintained that the specific strains studied at the Wuhan lab could not have evolved to become the virus responsible for the pandemic. This assertion raises further debates regarding the scientific explorations undertaken within the lab.