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Evidence about lab records or what happened in those early cases to be able to say. >> dr. collins commented on the recent discovery that some early sequences of virus had been deleted which he said was probably not nefarious and not deleted by the n.i.h. but acknowledged that the theory the virus came from a wet market is almost defunct. >> certainly the majority view of the epidemiologists the notion this arose just in the wet market doesn't really fit. it looks as if there may well have been cases that happened earlier than that that had no connection to the market. >> he called china's cla...

Americans need coronavirus booster shots? >> john, sorry for that. no, the answer to that is no. at this point in time americans don't need booster shots. what americans need is to be immunized. if you haven't been vaccinated the delta variant is a serious problem. if you received your full i immunization two doses of pfizer and moderna you do not need a booster shot at this point in time. >> more americans need their first shots you think than americans who need a third shot, a booster shot. why is it do you think that the cdc the fda, the nih came out so quickly with this statement, a statem...

Just a few weeks ago when dr. fauci's e-mails were publicized, his remarks and comments regarding the lab leak theory were actually redacted for in reason because those particular e-mails were not classified e-mails. the people deserve an answer and dr. fauci should show up and answer the tough questions now that we have more information on the floor. >> martha: you know, it's really incumbent on him to do that. one of the other questions is why some of the early samples were deleted of the virus, by the nih. there's indications that the virologist in china requested that that happen. this is ...

Accountable, how can you hold somebody accountable? was dr. fauci saying let's be friends? >> he said that china has an interest in getting to the bottom of this. no, they don't. quite frankly neither does the n.i.h. or the public health bureaucracy. there is a confluence of interests between the u.s. public health bureaucracy and chinese communist party. if this virus, if neither of them proving a lab leak. if the virus emerged from nature then it was an act of god and neither the chinese communist party nor the people who funded the gain of function research in the wuhan lab are responsible ...

Origins of the coronavirus and the pandemic that has killed 600,000 americans and hundreds of thousands to a million across the world. there has to be an arm's length independent commissioners rand paul says into the american government, the nih role in this. that's during the obama administration, and that research is so dangerous. the scientists who argued that it should be a ban, then you saw anthony fauci sneak in and the very earliest days of the trump administration when we are in disarray, even before the inauguration to overturn that ban and continue with gain of function research beca...