'You Sir, Are The One Ignoring Science': Rand Paul Battles Becerra Over COVID-19 Rules

with an israeli study that had 2.5 million patients and found that the vaccinated group was actually seven times more likely to get infected with covid than the people who had gotten covered naturally senator i'd have to get back to you on that one i'm not familiar with that study well you think you might want to be if you're going to travel the country insulting the millions of americans including nba star jonathan isaac who have had coven recovered look at a study with 2.5 million people and say well you know what it looks like my immunity is as good as a vaccine or not and in a free country maybe ought to be able to make that decision instead you've chosen to travel a country calling people like jonathan isaac and others myself included flat earthers we find that very insulting goes against the science are you a doctor or a medical doctor i've worked over 30 years on health sciences you're not a medical doctor do you have a science degree and yet you travel the country calling people flat earthers who have had coven looked at studies of millions of people and made their own personal decision that their immunity they naturally acquired is sufficient but you presume somehow to tell over a hundred million americans who have survived covid that we have no right to determine our own medical care you alone are on high and you've made these decisions a lawyer with no scientific background no medical degree this is an arrogance coupled with an authoritarianism that is unseemly and un-american you sir the one ignoring the science the vast preponderance of scientific studies dozens and dozens show robust long-lasting immunity after covet infection even the cdc does not recommend measles vaccine if you have measles immunity the same was true for smallpox but you ignore history and science to shame the flat earthers as you call them you should be ashamed of yourself and apologize to the american people for being dishonest about naturally acquired immunity you want more people to choose vaccination so do i you want to lessen vaccine hesitancy so do i you want to have that happen quit lying to people about naturally acquired immunity quit lording it over people acting as if these people are deplorable and unwashed try persuasion instead of government cudgels try humility instead of arrogance try freedom instead of coercion but most of all try understanding that there's no more basic medical right than deciding what we inject into our bodies today after hearing that millions of people in a study prove show without a doubt that there's a great deal of immunity from getting it naturally do you want to apologize to the hundred million americans who suffered through covid survived have immunity and yet you want to hold them down and vaccinate them do you want to apologize for calling those people flat earthers senator i appreciate your question and appreciate that everyone has their opinion we follow the facts and the science at hhs we use the expertise of the medical professionals the scientists at hhs to make decisions it's a team effort and we rely on what is on the ground showing us results except for the dozens and dozens of studies in fact most if not all of the studies show robust immunity from getting the disease naturally the cdc says if you've had measles and have immunity you don't have to be vaccinated the same was true of smallpox you're selectively doing this because you want us to submit to your will you have no scientific background no scientific degrees and yet you aren't really concerned about 100 million americans who have the disease you just want to tell us do as you're told that's what you're telling us you want to mandate this on all of us you're going to tell us if i have 100 employees you're going to put me out of business with a 700 000 fine if i don't obey what you think is a science don't you understand that it's presumptuous for you to be in charge of all the science have you ever heard of a second opinion i can't go to my doctor and ask my doctor's opinion i mean this is is incredibly arrogant combined with this authoritarian nature that you think well we'll just tell all of america to do what i say and they better or will find them or put them in jail or not them go to school or not let them travel the science is against you on this the science is clear naturally acquired immunity is as good as a vaccine the israel study actually showing it better this isn't an argument against the vaccine but it's an argument for letting people make a decision who already have immunity you're not willing to consider natural immunity senator our team has reviewed every study that's out there on covet whether it's from israel from the u.s or wherever else they have used the facts that have been provided through the rigorous research that's been done to reach conclusions 660 odd thousand americans and more have died because of covet we're trying to do everything we can to save as many as possible we're using the facts we're following the science and following the law nobody's arguing the severity of this but you are completely ignoring the science on natural immunity says fauci so is the whole group you're just ignoring it because you want submission you want everybody just to submit to your will do as you're told despite the evidence the large body of scientific evidence that says naturally acquired immunity does work is an important part of how we're all going to recover from this so is the vaccine but when you add them together we're at a much different place than if you ignore them 100 million americans by conservative cdc estimates have had the disease 200 million or more now have been vaccinated it's a good thing combined together it's how the disease is nobody wants to get the disease we're not advising anybody to get the disease but if you're unlucky enough to get it think of the nurses and doctors and orderlies who all bravely took care of covid patients there was no vaccine for a year and a half they took care of people risked their lives they got it survived and now people like you are arrogant enough to say you can no longer work in the hospital because you've already had the disease we're going to force you to take a vaccine that the science does not prove is better than naturally acquired that's an arrogance that should be chastened

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Length: 6min 23sec (383 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 30 2021

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