{"id":1208239,"date":"2022-01-11T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208239"},"modified":"2022-01-11T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:35:47","slug":"cheap-politics-rand-paul-puts-fauci-on-blast-during-heated-senate-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheap-politics-rand-paul-puts-fauci-on-blast-during-heated-senate-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cheap Politics\u2019: Rand Paul Puts Fauci On Blast During Heated Senate Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcheap-politics-rand-paul-puts-fauci-on-blast-during-heated-senate-showdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) unloaded on Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday hearing, accusing him of using his position to assist in the public smearing of epidemiologists with whom he disagreed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-brags-i-represent-science-rand-paul-blasts-absolute-hubris\/\">Paul<\/a>, citing an email exchange initially authored by former National Institutes of Health Director <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/nih-director-collins-too-early-to-know-the-answers-on-omicron-variant\/\">Francis Collins<\/a>, said that Fauci had agreed with Collins and either allowed or assisted in the \u201ctakedown\u201d of epidemiologists from Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford \u2014 whose ideas Collins suggested should be painted as \u201cfringe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandPaul<\/a> vs. Fauci, Round 8. Sen. Paul drills into Fauci over his emails showing a coordinated campaign to \u201ctakedown\u201d the Great Barrington Declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Paul: \u201cDo you really think it\u2019s appropriate to use your $420,000 salary to attack science that doesn\u2019t agree with you? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LNuql7nSb7\">pic.twitter.com\/LNuql7nSb7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1480942065890607117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Fauci, the idea that a government official like yourself would claim unilaterally to represent science and that any criticism of you would be considered a criticism of science itself is quite dangerous,\u201d Paul said, going on to accuse Fauci of effectively \u201cruling by mandate\u201d as his word, in many cases, was quickly adopted as federal policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an email exchange with Dr. Collins, you conspire, and I quote here directly from the email, to \u2018create a quick and devastating published takedown\u2019 of three prominent epidemiologists from Harvard, Oxford and Stanford,\u201d Paul continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/a-whole-host-of-cardinal-sins-desantis-says-fauci-biden-try-to-find-scapegoats-to-mask-covid-failures\/\">Fauci<\/a> objected, saying that the email had been written by Collins \u2014 at which point Paul argued that Fauci could have responded differently instead of allowing the requested \u201ctakedown\u201d to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA published takedown, though, you know doesn\u2019t exactly conjure up the image of a dispassionate scientist,\u201d Paul added. \u201cInstead of engaging them on the merits, you and Dr. Collins sought to smear them as \u2018fringe\u2019 and take them down \u2014 and not in journals, in lay press. This is not only antithetical to the scientific method, it\u2019s the epitome of cheap politics, and it\u2019s reprehensible, Dr. Fauci.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gbdeclaration.org\">The Great Barrington Declaration<\/a> \u2014 the statement prompting Collins\u2019 call for a quick and complete \u201ctakedown\u201d \u2014 advocated a more targeted approach to COVID-19 and warned of the dangers of blanket policies such as full lockdowns and sweeping mandates.<\/p>\n<p>The GBD reads, in part:<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming from both the left and right, and around the world, we have devoted our careers to protecting people. Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health \u2013 leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden. Keeping students out of school is a grave injustice.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fortunately, our understanding of the virus is growing. We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19 is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to all \u2013 including the vulnerable \u2013 falls. We know that all populations will eventually reach herd immunity \u2013 i.e.&nbsp; the point at which the rate of new infections is stable \u2013 and that this can be assisted by (but is not dependent upon) a vaccine. Our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) unloaded on Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday hearing, accusing him of using his position to assist in the public smearing of epidemiologists with whom he disagreed. 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