Fauci Responds to DeSantis’s Call for Investigation Into COVID Vaccines

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 14, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday responded to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s recent call to investigate COVID-19 vaccines by saying he “doesn’t have a clue” what the investigation would accomplish.

“I don’t have a clue … what he’s asking for,“ Fauci told CNN on Wednesday in response to DeSantis before stating he believes the COVID-19 vaccine ”is highly effective.”