An unclassified U.S. intelligence report summarized for the public on Aug. 27 makes clear that the first cases of COVID-19 were at least as early as Nov. 19, 2019, and that the first cluster of cases occurred at least by December 2019 in Wuhan.
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) floated the idea that Dr. Fauci might not only be responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, but also for "cover[ing] up" the evidence.