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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic response, will be grilled on the origins of the virus and how to manage future mass outbreaks during back-to-back marathon meetings with lawmakers.<\/p>\n

The longtime former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is sitting down for a closed-door interview with the House select committee on COVID-19 Monday and Tuesday, with both sessions expected to last at least seven hours.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is after-action review, lessons learned. What did we do right, what did we do wrong? Why were decisions made? You know, let\u2019s face it, COVID was challenging from the standpoint that we didn\u2019t know how to treat it. We didn\u2019t know where it came from. We were learning what it was doing to people,\u2019 Committee Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital in an interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Dr. Fauci clearly was the scientific face of COVID during the pandemic and spokesperson under both administrations. \u2026 He might stay here in Washington, but we\u2019re going home to our constituents, who want answers to a lot of things.\u2019<\/p>\n

Wenstrup, a physician of over 30 years, said he was interested in hearing insights that could potentially help his committee eventually offer bipartisan recommendations on how to handle the next pandemic.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also planning to demand answers on pandemic political decisions, including vaccine mandates, which Wenstrup called \u2018egregious.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s like a politician saying, \u2018You must get this vaccine or you\u2019re fired from your job.\u2019 And, you know, where\u2019s the doctor? People want to have a conversation with their doctor. \u2018Am I at risk? Why am I at risk? Why should I get the vaccine? What are the side effects of the vaccine?\u2019\u2019 he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Ohio Republican also suggested he\u2019d ask Fauci about the controversy over whether COVID originated naturally or was formed in a Wuhan, China lab.<\/p>\n

\u2018When people had a differing view of whether this came from nature and thought it came from a lab, why were they ignored?\u2019 he asked. \u2018You saw people being called crackpots and conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n

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\u2018We have people saying, \u2018Forget about the origins, it doesn\u2019t matter. Let\u2019s just move on.\u2019 \u2026 You\u2019ve got to be prepared. Just as you want to see if something may emerge from nature, which is a lot of the work that they were doing with gain of function. \u2026 I can understand that. But, at the same time, you know, the technology is there to create a virus, and where are they doing it? In Wuhan. So why are we ignoring that?\u2019<\/p>\n

Wenstrup\u2019s committee has been investigating whether government officials at the time, including Fauci, worked to suppress questions about whether the pandemic was the result of a lab leak in Wuhan. Republicans accused those officials of pushing the natural origin theory in a bid to protect China.<\/p>\n

Fauci became a politically polarizing figure during the pandemic. He was vilified by those opposed to lockdowns, masking rules and vaccine mandates, while being idolized by those who agreed with the government\u2019s actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wenstrup said the interview would be more of a \u2019roundtable\u2019 with lawmakers on both sides posing questions. He also expressed hope the committee\u2019s final recommendations could be bipartisan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018At the end of the day, we want to just reveal what worked and what didn\u2019t work and what we might do better in the future,\u2019 Wenstrup said. \u2018I come from a military background. It\u2019s always fair to say there were lessons learned.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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