© ForbesSenator Rand Paul (R-KY)
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MARLOW: You have a terrific speech ... and you started with something that I wasn't anticipating, but I absolutely loved, and that's some actual science about the mask mandates. You broke it down in a very clear way. Talk to us about it.
PAUL: It'd be one thing if we were told you have to give up your liberty, you have to give up your freedom, we're going to save your life. But what if you have to give up all your freedoms and they're wrong on the science?
Every one of the mandates — and you look in country after country, state after state — you look at when the mask mandates went in — the incidents went up exponentially after the mandates. Restaurants, nobody can eat in a restaurant, there's no science behind any of that.
Middle seat missing on the airplane, you really think you're like 12 inches from the other guy instead of six inches, it really makes a difference? None of it really makes any sense, and there's no epidemiological evidence. You know, it's like, 'Wash your hands, stand six feet apart.'
Comment: As a politician/physician Paul touches on only one aspect of covid absurdities: masks - the easiest to refute. And the vaccine? He appears to value it. May the next critic in line extinguish this sacred cow.