It is that second part of his resume that makes what he said Thursday even more troubling.
I’m not a doctor and I even know that a) vaccines work and are widely recognized as a good thing by the medical community and b) we just don’t know yet if having Covid-19 makes you immune to getting it again.
And the United States government doesn’t force people to get vaccinated. No adult is pressured by the federal government to receive a vaccine. State and local school districts often require vaccination for children to attend schools, camps, and daycare centers.
Reminder: Rand Paul it is A Y doctor should know better than to say the type of dangerous garbage he sold in this interview.
Unfortunately, this is normal for Paul’s course against the coronavirus.
“Paul knew on March 15, according to a source close to the senator who spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper, who had been potentially exposed to the virus, at a dinner on March 7 in Louisville, where two attendees tested positive. Paul had not interacted. with them according to the source, but decided to have the coronavirus test done six or seven days ago. Recently, on Sunday morning, the Republican from Kentucky was exercising in the Senate gym …
“Paul spent six or seven days following a fairly normal routine: sitting in meetings with other senators, going to the gym (!), All the while knowing that a) he might have been exposed to the virus and b) was awaiting the results of the coronavirus test. “
Very good work there, Doc!
Then there are Paul’s repeated clashes with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
At a congressional hearing in May, Paul openly questioned Fauci’s experience when it came to decisions about reopening state economies.
“I think we should be a little humble in our belief that we know what’s best for the economy, and as much as I respect it, Dr. Fauci, I don’t think it’s the end.” Paul said. “I don’t think I’m the only person making the decision. We can listen to their advice, but there are people on the other side who say there won’t be a sudden increase, and then we can safely open up the economy.” And the facts will confirm it. “
Paul’s “facts”, as the current increase in cases across the country can attest, did not “confirm” this.
“It is important to realize that if society meekly submits to an expert and that expert is wrong, a great deal of harm can occur. Take, for example, government experts who continue to call schools and daycares to remain closed or who They recommend restrictions that make it impossible for a school to work. “
All of which brings us back to what Paul said Thursday, which is not only wrong, but dangerously wrong.
When it comes to immunity for those who have already had Covid-19, this is what Fauci said in May: “A reasonable assumption can be made that it would be protective, but natural history studies over a period of months to years will they will definitely say if that’s the case. ”
“There is still no evidence that people who have had Covid-19 do not get a second infection,” the WHO said in a scientific report published at the time.
So unless Paul is aware of some kind of proof, it is a sure bet that he is not, he is just making claims without any facts.
Then there is his skepticism about vaccines. This is how he described what will happen once, hopefully! – A vaccine for Covid-19 is developed: “These people believe in the idea that they are so correct and that their cause is so just that they can inflict it on others.”
“The benefit of vaccines is not a matter of opinion. It is a matter of fact.
There are a lot of anti-vaxxer and coronavirus conspiracy theorists in American life right now. We don’t need a US senator and doctor to be in their ranks.
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