In a war of words broadcast in numerous newscasts and on social media, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci and his latest advice to wear two masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants.
“What proof is there that there are significant hospitalizations and death from the variants?” Paul asked. “None in our country. Zero … What studies do you have that people that have had the vaccine or have had the infection or the vaccine are spreading the infection? If we're not spreading the infection, isn't that just theater? You've had the vaccine and you're wearing two masks, isn't that theater?"
Fauci came back with accusations that Paul wasn’t looking at the right studies, or keeping “in the concept of variants,” but Paul swung back by saying Fauci was making policy “based on conjecture.
"You've been vaccinated and you parade around in two masks for show," Paul said.
SOURCES:
Twitter Washington Examiner March 18, 2021
Yahoo! News March 19, 2021
Insider March 19, 2021