# Republicans vs. Fauci: Is COVID-19 politics hurting public health?

https://mins.news/en/video/15991

- DW News, 2026-08-07 09:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hBCwDQhx50

> Six years after COVID-19 transformed the world, Washington is reopening disputes from the pandemic era. Republicans accuse former top US health official Anthony Fauci of misleading the public. A Senate committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress after he declined to answer questions. Democrats dismissed the move as political theater. DW discussed the dispute with correspondent Misha Komodovsky and emergency physician Owais Durrani.

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