Paul may or may not be correct in his suspicions, but we've just lived through what was probably the most authoritarian power grab by world leaders collectively in world history due to this health crisis (which isn't even the worst in history), so if now is not the right time to be asking questions and digging into the truth, when is? Early on Fauci was being looked upon as practically a god to people. I held him in high esteem as well, but as time went on we've found him to be less and less accurate in his assessments and advice and we've all made sacrifices to our personal liberties as a result. Now his claims on gain of function research, which may or may not ultimately have lead to our current crisis, are now coming into question and the evidence doesn't look good for him. That is what Paul was hammering him about in this latest spat between the two of them. He repeatedly said he wasn't conclusively stating that gain of function research he thinks we funded created COVID-19., but he is conclusively saying we funded gain of function research contrary to Fauci's claims and the evidence certainly seems to be showing that. I'm not sure why you would characterize this as a scam being played by Paul .