Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House, “is not honest with the American public” about when to wear masks, sen said. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Told “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Friday.
Paul joined host Tucker Carlson one day after Senator Fauci challenged him to offer hard evidence that people should wear face masks, even after receiving the coronavirus vaccine.
At one point, Paul called Fauci’s double masking ‘theater’, which visibly annoyed the immunologist.
“Here we go again with the ‘theater,'” Fauci jerked. “Let’s come down to the facts.”
Paul told Carlson on Friday that Fauci had presented “no scientific evidence” to carry the case for wearing masks after people were vaccinated.
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‘There was Dr. Fauci’s opinion, his suspicion that one day a [coronavirus] variant that escapes the control of the vaccine and becomes a pandemic and hospitalizes and kills people, “he said. But there is no evidence that this happened. He thinks it could happen, so you have to wear the mask until he’s sure things that can happen are not going to happen. ‘
Paul further described Fauci as ‘unconcerned about freedom’ and added that the burden should be on him and other bureaucrats to prove that their prescriptions and recommendations are necessary.
“There are no news reports or scientific studies that, after vaccination, say that there is a widespread infection that affects humans. [who are] vaccinated spreads the disease, ”he said.
“What Fauci will not tell you, he is telling a ‘noble lie’. He is lying because he does not think we are smart enough to make decisions,” Paul continued. ‘His fear is that we will be vaccinated if we stop wearing masks [people] will say ‘What the hell, I’m not wearing a mask either.’
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Paul concluded by reiterating that the burden of proof falls on government and health officials in cases where personal freedoms will be curtailed.
“I do not have to prove that I want to be free and left alone,” he said. “I want to breathe the air.”