‘Here We Go Again’: Paul And Fauci Butt Heads Over Masks For Vaccinated People | Talking Points Memo

White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci once again found himself sparring with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday after the Republican senator complained about mask-wearing mandates amid the country hitting soaring levels of vaccinations.


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What was that old line about it being unsporting to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man?

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Rand is such an ass.

Damn. So many of the Repub Senators are such douchy tools.

It’s one thing to disagree with a politician’s policies…but it’s freaking embarrassing to have the likes of Paul, Cruz, Cotten and too many more to list…in the “Upper Chamber” spouting calculated malarkey.

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Oh lord…the fuzzy headed ferret is at it again…‘I am an eye doctor so I KNOW that you are lying and I am right. There is 0% of anything happening…and even though I am ALSO against vaccines I know how it all WORKS and you are wrong…’ I truly hate these people.

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I thought that one of the main reasons for vaccinated people wearing masks is that they still be capable of spreading COVID to those who had not yet been vaccinated. Was this point discussed?

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Here, Rand. Take a big sniff out of this vial of smallpox, measles and typhoid. I dare you.

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In case anyone doesn’t know this, Randy Rand isn’t a real doctor, or really even a real optometrist. I feel like if I was this guy’s next door neighbor, I’d probably want to break one or two of his ribs…

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“Who was that unmasked man?” no adoring woman, man, or child will ever ask about Rand Paul.

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None so blind as a celf-sertified Ophthalmologist…

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There’s several different pieces to this. One is that there is insufficient data on whether or not those that are vaccinated can infect those that are not. Just as important is forcing the inconsiderate jerks that are not vaccinated to keep wearing their masks by denying them cover. It should not be the responsibility of essential workers and others to figure out who has been vaccinated and who has not, nor should their health and lives be jeopardized by idiots that aren’t protected from the virus. By wearing masks, those that are vaccinated continue to help protect those that haven’t gotten theirs yet.

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Remember Karma, Rand. She is a vengeful bitch.

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None of the vaccines is 100% effective, so continuing to wear a mask, even if vaccinated, makes PERFECT sense. Why is that so hard to understand?

Oh yeah, FreeDumb.

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The Five Stages of GOP Grief:

  1. “COVID is a hoax!”

  2. “Masks are tyranny!”

  3. “Vaccines implant you with Soros chips!”

  4. “FREEDUMB!!!”

  5. (Sound of ventilator)

h/t Kübler-Ross

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And Paul was an expert on infectious diseases before he became a expert asshole?

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And it’s this type of BS playacting by Repubs that leads to stories like this from CNN. A cafe full of maskless, obese Okies who say they won’t get the vaccine.

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He’s only an expert on taking a beatdown from his neighbor.

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So there’s still the potential that Paul will learn something, eventually. Mother Nature is a brutal teacher.

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More mealy mouthed pandering from a guy who had to sue to change the law so as to get his MD.

A man literally raised by a guy who kept these dumbass crap alive in the days of snail mail.

Balls to them both, and their kids’ kids too.

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Covid aside, I say we make mask-wearing mandatory for assholes. If you get all agitated, “Sir, you’re an asshole. You now have to wear this mask.”

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Rand Paul is a fucking Optometrist.

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