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Sen. Paul, Fauci Clash Over COVID-19 Mask Requirements
epoch times ^ | 18 March A.D. 2021 | Jack Philips

Posted on 03/18/2021 4:18:21 PM PDT by lightman

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci clashed over whether people need to continue wearing masks due to the CCP virus.

“You’re telling everyone to wear a mask,” Paul said. “If we’re not spreading the infection, isn’t it just theater? You have the vaccine and you’re wearing two masks, isn’t that theater?”

Fauci then accused Paul of engaging in “theater” and stated that emerging COVID-19 variants are a good reason “for a mask.”

“You’re making policy based on conjecture,” Paul said, saying that Fauci wants people to wear masks “for another couple of years.”

In recent weeks, Fauci has faced increasing criticism for making predictions about the virus that ultimately didn’t materialize while also repeatedly issuing warnings about the CCP virus spreading due to a relaxation in lockdowns.

“You’ve been vaccinated and you parade around in two masks for show,” Paul told Fauci. “If you already have immunity, you’re wearing a mask to give comfort to others. You’re not wearing a mask because of any science.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), individuals who have been vaccinated are advised to still wear a mask.

Fauci responded that “masks are not theater” and he “totally disagree[s]” with Paul’s statement.

In January, Paul said during a Fox News interview that people who have been vaccinated should discard their masks.

“If you’ve had the disease or you’ve been vaccinated and you’re several weeks out of your second dose, throw your mask away and tell Dr. Fauci to take a leap because, once you have immunity, you don’t need to do this,” the Kentucky Republican said at the time.

This week, Fauci suggested that three-feet distancing between schoolchildren, rather than six feet, could be good enough following a study that was published last week.

The CDC stated in updated guidance on March 8 that fully vaccinated people don’t have to wear a mask or physically distance themselves from others who are also fully vaccinated or those who are unvaccinated but “are at low risk for severe COVID-19 disease.”

“There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can begin to resume now in their own homes,” CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky said in a press release.

“Taking steps towards relaxing certain measures for vaccinated persons may help improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; fauci; mask; masks; randpaul; vaccination
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Similar to an article I posted a few hours ago but the final paragraph is excellent:

“Taking steps towards relaxing certain measures for vaccinated persons
may help improve COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake.”

1 posted on 03/18/2021 4:18:21 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

F U Faux See.


2 posted on 03/18/2021 4:20:53 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: lightman

Fauici brought a pen knife to gun fight. If there is justice in this world, Fauci will become latest cancel culture victim.


3 posted on 03/18/2021 4:24:30 PM PDT by TonyChris (Didn't vote for Amazon in last election)
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To: TonyChris

I canceled him and Dr. Richard (Dickless) aka “Rachel” Levine many moons ago.


4 posted on 03/18/2021 4:29:31 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman
Ron Paul lacerated the good Auschwitz doctor of death.
5 posted on 03/18/2021 4:30:40 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: lightman

Richard is his name, and I will never forget that he took his mom out of her nursing home but let thousands die who weren’t afforded the “same choice”.


6 posted on 03/18/2021 4:35:50 PM PDT by TonyChris (Didn't vote for Amazon in last election)
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To: lightman

Fauxchi has no credibility. Paul should have punched him in his face diaper.


7 posted on 03/18/2021 4:39:12 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: lightman
WTYF doesn't he ask Dr. Fraud about his giving the Wuhan Lab $7 MILLION of OUR dollars to do "Gain of Function" for this virus, which is ILLEGAL to do in the USA......because Gain of Function means making the Covid MORE VIRULENT!!!

In a just world, Dr. Fraud would be in Prison!

8 posted on 03/18/2021 4:53:55 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Could some Kentucky freeper PLEASE call the good Senator and ask him to ask Dr. Fraud about “Gain of Function”???


9 posted on 03/18/2021 4:55:28 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Karliner; gas_dr

And take HerrDr FauxiGates, communist Tedros Ghebreysus, Klaus Schwab/Zuckface/nazi uniform Soros with you.


10 posted on 03/18/2021 4:59:37 PM PDT by A strike ( McConnell and Pence to Gitmo. Barr and Fauxi to Florence supermax. Roberts to Terre Haute.)
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To: A strike

sorry, left out demon of death Cuomo ( and Whitmer, Inslee , et al., all those blues that used the CommunistChina virus to get rid of ‘orange man bad’.
Murderers.


11 posted on 03/18/2021 5:06:20 PM PDT by A strike ( McConnell and Pence to Gitmo. Barr and Fauxi to Florence supermax. Roberts to Terre Haute.)
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To: lightman; All

Our family just ignores this flu thingy and laugh at the robots who have succumbed to the nanny state wearing masks all the time. The only thing the mask is good for is preventing the Stepfords from using foul language and throwing stuff at you.


12 posted on 03/18/2021 5:08:05 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

Nobody was wearing a mask when I stopped for gas yesterday. Employee, customers, etc. Nobody said a word when I walked in and waited without a mask at my local barber shop today. This is just about over except for the tantrums of the Chicom flu addicts.


13 posted on 03/18/2021 5:14:12 PM PDT by lodi90
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"“You’re telling everyone to wear a mask,” Paul said. “If we’re not spreading the infection, isn’t it just theater? You have the vaccine and you’re wearing two masks, isn’t that theater?”"

Where did Sen. Paul get the idea that first generation (my term) COVID-19 vaccines stop the spread of the virus? (Did he get wires crossed with seasonal flu vaccines like I did.)

Although Dr. Fauci has expressed hope that vaccines will eventually prove to help stop spread of virus, he said that the main purpose of first COVID-19 vaccines is to prevent victims from needing ICU (my words) last year.

Fauci: vaccine only prevents symptoms, doesn’t block the virus (10.26.20)

Insights welcome.

14 posted on 03/18/2021 5:20:34 PM PDT by Amendment10
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Although Dr. Fauci has expressed hope that vaccines will eventually prove to help stop spread of virus, he said that the main purpose of first COVID-19 vaccines is to prevent victims from needing ICU (my words) last year.

Maybe so.

Wasn't the point of "15 days to flatten the curve" (one year ago!) to do the same thing...prevent ICU overload?

15 posted on 03/18/2021 5:22:30 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lodi90

Exactly... well done.


16 posted on 03/18/2021 5:22:42 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: lightman

Rand Paul actually practiced medicine. I believe that Fauxi has been a bureaucrat and political hack most of his life.


17 posted on 03/18/2021 5:25:40 PM PDT by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: Ann Archy

Fauci and the entire deep state should be hung, including Obama, Pelosi Gates Soros-all of the demons who planned this and care nothing for human life when they need to further their agendas. But when have communists and globalists ever cared? They are in it for power, complete control and money.
They unleashed a bioweapon to further their agendas in cahoots with the CCP. If the US doesn’t hang them, the CCP will when they are done using them.


18 posted on 03/18/2021 5:26:52 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: jdsteel

Played on tonights Levin


19 posted on 03/18/2021 5:29:37 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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Fauci doesn’t care about the illegals entering the U.S.


20 posted on 03/18/2021 5:32:55 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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