Posted on 05/13/2020 7:09:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senator Rand Paul had the best five minutes in the first two hours of the hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today. It is clear he has been abiding by shelter-in-place orders because his hair and beard look dangerously close to qualifying him to join the cast of Duck Dynasty. However, his questions could not have been more on point.
The doctor in Rand Paul took over for the questioning. He began by challenging Dr. Fauci on the media narrative that there is no evidence that patients who survive coronavirus have immunity. To be helpful Paul pointed out the following:
* In experiments, rhesus monkeys infected with COVID-19 can’t be reinfected
* Studies have shown plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients neutralizes the virus in lab experiments
* The entire premise of convalescent plasma treatment, mentioned by several on the panel as a potential treatment currently in trials, is that recovered patients develop immunity capable of killing the virus
* Recovering patients across the board are showing significant antibody response
* We know SARS and MERS, coronaviruses with similar clinical presentations, confer immunity for at least 2-3 years
Paul then stated that his view is that the truth is the exact opposite of the media narrative. There is very good evidence that recovered patients will have some durable immunity. And recovered workers, in industries like meatpacking, should be reassured there is a strong likelihood they will not get reinfected. He then referenced that Dr. Fauci had said publicly that he would bet it all that survivors of COVID-19 have some form of immunity and asked him to set the record straight.
Dr. Fauci responded that it is indeed likely. Then he added the standard disclaimers that we won’t know for sure and for how long for years.
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Thank God for that. I was concerned about the little fellas.
Herd immunity
exactly
Does it seem that everything the “experts” have been pushing about how to handle this virus runs contrary to standard medical procedures for viruses?
Odd, that, imho...
RE: * In experiments, rhesus monkeys infected with COVID-19 can’t be reinfected
1) We are HUMANS, not Monkeys.
2) The Oxford Coronavirus vaccine seems to be working on rhesus monkeys, but that only proves that it works on these primates. We already have cures for cancer. Good news if you are an animal ( especially if you’re a mouse ).
It was fun to watch, since Dr. Fauci couldn’t wave his M.D. at Rand Paul and sneer, “I’m a doctor and you’re just a Senator”.
Bingo
RE: It was fun to watch, since Dr. Fauci couldn’t wave his M.D. at Rand Paul and sneer, “I’m a doctor and you’re just a Senator”.
More importantly — Rand Paul STILL IS a practicing doctor while Fauci is not (probably has not practiced for decades). And Rand Paul actually has experienced being infected by the virus.
“Then he added the standard disclaimers that we won’t know for sure and for how long for years.”
Paul should have asked the good doctor what, if anything, he does know “for sure”, and then asked him to defend his certainty.
Watching Fouci commit to something being true is like watching Monk try to make a decision.
It’s laughable.
IMHO, Fauci is a Politician, who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express during medical school...
Smooth talker clearly in the pocket of Big Pharma and has made too many DNC & MSM friends on the DC cocktail party circuit over many decades...
Rand Paul is right, Fauci is not the be-all and end-all in the Coronavirus discussion...but Fauci sure thinks he is!
Best part was when Fauci insisted on jumping back in at the end to state that he’s NOT the foremost authority on COVID-19.
OK, President Trump, you heard that. Please act accordingly.
Sideline Fauci.
Yep, he doesn't understand the idea of TEAM and he's constantly out there spouting mixed signals.
I suspect these experts are democrat hacks attempting to implode the Trump economy at the behest of Hillary Clinton. I live in south Alabama, haven’t heard of a soul in my neck of the woods with the virus, haven’t missed a day of work, and haven’t experienced shortages of anything. To me, this has all been a hoax handled horridly by blue state governments who are killing citizens because the President merely spoke the name of the cure.
Smooth talker clearly...I can't stand listening to or looking at the weasely little bastard
Fauci...Bill Gates’ 100 million dollar butt buddy.
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