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Fauci scolds Rand Paul during tense exchange at hearing

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A seemingly irritated Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, scolded Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at a congressional hearing on Wednesday after the senator claimed that COVID-19 cases might not be rising in New York because of herd immunity.

Fauci, the country's top infectious diseases doctor, told Paul he was wrong to make the suggestion, and he said Paul had also been wrong in other public comments about the concept of herd immunity.

"No, you've misconstrued that, senator, and you've done that repeatedly in the past," Fauci said.


Fauci also appeared to single out Paul for criticism over comments about the coronavirus, which as of this week has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States.

"If you believe 22 percent is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that," Fauci told Paul during the hearing, referring to the number of New Yorkers thought to have had COVID-19. (more)
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Paul, who has a medical degree, seems to be beating around in areas of medicine that he is not that familiar with (virology & public health). Paul is an ophthamologist. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul
 
**** does an eye doctor know about any of it?
 
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