What Does Rand Paul Really Know About Epidemiology and Pandemics?
Rand Paul belongs in medical school, not Congress
Senator Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist who completed his residency in OB/GYN at Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. He and I have something in common. Both of my daughters were born at Magee! There’s your trivia for the day.
Rand Paul started criticizing Dr. Fauci last year about his COVID-19 statements. My blood pressure went up 30 points. All I could think of was, “What the fuck does Rand Paul know about epidemiology?” He’s just a politician who tries to discredit people smarter than him. If he wasn’t in Congress, nobody would care what he has to say. He’s not a scientist. There’s nothing in his background making him an expert in pandemics.
I love the internet.
Exerpts From Vanity Fair
Anthony Fauci is a veteran immunologist who has spent 50 years protecting the health of the American public. Senator Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist who, since 2005, has not been certified to practice medicine by any board recognized by the state of Kentucky, and reportedly has not been certified by any medical board at all since 2011. Yet strangely, since the coronavirus began, Paul has decided that he knows more about infectious diseases than Fauci, whose literal title is…
