Unable to mount a successful defense of Fauci and proving unable to elicit a condemnation of the president from Kennedy, Bash rushed to step on another rake. Once again, Kennedy gave Bash a reality check, emphasizing that historic efforts to put guardrails around gain-of-function experimentation haven't worked. Casting indirect shade on Fauci, Kennedy suggested that COVID made clear what should be done in the future and what should never be done again. After Bash claimed that "the COVID vaccine prevented deaths" and alluded to data suggesting as much, Kennedy asked the host, "You think the COVID vaccine protected children?" "Can you show me one study that shows that children were protected by the COVID vaccine?"