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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsF**K RAND PAUL!!! That idiot is speaking about reopening schools saying it doesn't transmit
among school children
What a POS
Summary, DON'T LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS
Coventina
(27,120 posts)Yikes!!
still_one
(92,190 posts)his own certification.
That is all one needs to know
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rand-paul-ophthalmology-certification-scandal-why-it-matters
Coventina
(27,120 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)"Seriously, baby, I can prescribe anything I want!"
still_one
(92,190 posts)RockRaven
(14,967 posts)So yes he got a medical degree, and yes he did postgraduate training, but his "board certification" was questionable and he hasn't practiced in many years. Plus ophthalmologists know fuck-all about coronavirus transmission/epidemiology anyway.
Coventina
(27,120 posts)What a colossal ass!
RockRaven
(14,967 posts)refuse to pay for his services on the grounds he didn't have the correct qualifications.
Later, he went into politics. Grifters gonna grift.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Who doesnt think masks will help stop the spread of the virus.
Chainfire
(17,539 posts)Lets assume that he knows more about the disease than the vast majority of other "experts." Does he think that all of the people in a public school setting are children? Paul is trying to force a political solution to a medical problem and he doesn't give a damn who it hurts. Schools should be fully reopened to in-classroom teaching when there is an effective preventative or cure, nothing else makes any sense. Missed lessons can be made up, dead children, or their family members can not.
still_one
(92,190 posts)where they have opened school in Asia, they have taken pains to setup smaller class sizes, and position the seating to respect social distancing.
In addition, mandatory sanitation procedures are implemented in those schools
Quixote1818
(28,936 posts)U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/29/884638999/u-s-pediatricians-call-for-in-person-school-this-fall
https://www.mother.ly/news/aap-calls-for-return-to-class-fall
still_one
(92,190 posts)social distancing of desks, etc.
Paul is making a blanket statement that kids have nothing to worry about, ("who cares if they infect mom/dad/grandma/grandpa, or the teacher
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)Schools are giant petri dishes with pipelines to almost every person outside the school. The school is the node where everyone associated with each student comes together to exchange infectious diseases.