F**K RAND PAUL!!! That idiot is speaking about reopening schools saying it doesn't transmit

[still_one]

among school children

What a POS

Summary, DON'T LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS

[Coventina]

1. Isn't he supposedly a medical doctor?

Yikes!!

[still_one]

2. He is an ophthalmologist who created his own certification. He is NOT board certified, except with

his own certification.

That is all one needs to know

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rand-paul-ophthalmology-certification-scandal-why-it-matters

[Coventina]

5. Double yikes!

[Initech]

11. Did he go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?

"Seriously, baby, I can prescribe anything I want!"

[still_one]

12. .................................

[RockRaven]

4. He gets a lot of mileage out of that, but he set up his own medical board to certify himself

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]

6. Makes me wonder how he hasn't been sued.

What a colossal ass!

[RockRaven]

7. IIRC insurance companies realized his board certification was a joke and started to

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]

3. Ranks up there with Dr Dunn FL.

Who doesn’t think masks will help stop the spread of the virus.

[Chainfire]

8. Consider this

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]

9. He is not basing anything on scientific data. He also conveniently ignores that those places

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]

10. Can't stand him but the American Academy of Pediatricians want kids back in school this fall.

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]

13. "whenever they can do so safely" I would suspect they will do it with smaller class sizes,

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]

14. Then they are as idiotic as anti-vaxxer Rand Paul

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.