The accusation being circulated that I influenced these scientists to change their minds by bribing them with millions of dollars in grant money is absolutely false and simply preposterous.

That is Dr. Anthony Fauchy.

He's one of those people whose name and voice are more famous than his title,

but before he retired, Fauchy was a lead member of the White House COVID-19 response team

and President Biden's chief medical advisor.

On Monday, he was testifying on Capitol Hill, being grilled about his role in shaping

the U.S response to the pandemic.

The toughest questions came from House Republicans,

including Congressman John Joyce of Pennsylvania.

Do you agree that Americans now have lost their trust in science, in lead science from government

because of misinformation like this? Well I, you know, when you talk about

misinformation, I think that you have to be careful.'s not this nation it was information that ultimately proved

when you put the aerosolization in that it was not an effective role to have six feet of distancing.

Dr. Fauchy was the face of America's response to the pandemic,

a pandemic that has killed more than 1 million Americans,

a pandemic that has affected our lives in more ways than I can easily summarize.

Dan Diamonds covers health policy for the post and he was there in the room on Monday to hear

Fauchy's testimony. I wanted to talk with him to understand why this

hearing has catapulted Fauchy back into the headlines.

There are questions that many Americans still have even if we have wanted to move past them out of some sort of like

primordial PTSD. I think there are differences though in how folks want to grapple with the pandemic.

There are Democrats on the panel questioning Dr. Fauchy who say we need to be more proactive,

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