{"id":14035,"date":"2020-05-12T14:32:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T18:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=14035"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T18:32:34","slug":"senator-rand-paul-slams-dr-fauci-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=14035","title":{"rendered":"Senator Rand Paul SLAMS Dr. Fauci (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sen. Rand Paul Criticizes \u2018One-Size-Fits-All\u2019 Coronavirus Approaches During Fauci Testimony<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->JUSTIN CARUSO, CONTRIBUTOR<br \/>\nDaily Caller<\/p>\n<p>Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Dr. Anthony Fauci that \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d lockdowns are \u201ckind of ridiculous\u201d and blasted \u201cwrong prediction(s)\u201d during the White House coronavirus task force member\u2019s Senate testimony Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TAKING ON FAUCI: Senator Rand Paul SLAMS Dr. Fauci | MUST SEE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFhkAcYqe0M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think any of us are certain when we do all these modelings\u2013there have been more people wrong with modeling than right,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/14\/rand-paul-warns-trump-federal-government-regulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul<\/a>\u00a0said. \u201cWe\u2019re opening up a lot of economies around the U.S., and I hope that people who are predicting doom and gloom, will admit that they were wrong if there isn\u2019t a surge. Because I think that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn rural states, we never really reached any sort of pandemic levels, in Kentucky and other states,\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/06\/rand-paul-obama-knew-biden-ukraine-smoking-gun-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kentucky senator<\/a>\u00a0added. \u201cWe have less deaths in Kentucky than we have in an average flu season. It\u2019s not to say this isn\u2019t deadly, but really, outside of New England, we\u2019ve had a relatively benign course for this virus nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And I think that one-size-fits-all, that we\u2019re gonna have a national strategy and nobody\u2019s gonna go to school, is kind of ridiculous. We really ought to be doing it school district by school district, and the power needs to be dispersed, because, people make wrong predictions. And really, the history of this when we look back will be of wrong prediction after wrong prediction after wrong prediction, starting with Ferguson in England. So I think we ought to have a little bit of a humility in our belief that we know what\u2019s best for the economy, and as much as I respect you, Dr. Fauci, I don\u2019t think you\u2019re the end-all. I don\u2019t think you\u2019re the one person that gets to make the decision. We can listen to your advice, but there are people on the other side saying there\u2019s not going to be a surge and that we can safely open the economy, and the facts will bear this out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that it would be a \u201chuge mistake\u201d to not send children back to school in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/12\/chuck-schumer-fauci-senate-testimony-let-it-rip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fauci<\/a>\u00a0responded, saying that he has \u201cnever made\u201d himself \u201cout to be the end-all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a scientist, a physician, and a public health official. I give advice according to the best scientific evidence,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cThere are a number of people that come into that and give advice that are more related to the number of things that you spoke about, about the need to get the country back open again and economically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t give advice about economic things, I don\u2019t give advice about anything other than public health, so I wanted to respond to that,\u201d Fauci continued.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Fauci said that while it is true that children do a lot better than adults with the virus, there is still uncertainty with how the virus affects people under 18.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/11\/doctor-deborah-birx-coronavirus-covid-19-death-toll-inflated-numbers-cases-cdc-white-house-meeting-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Dr. Birx Reportedly Believes Coronavirus Death Toll Inflated By Up To 25%)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/12\/rand-paul-lockdowns-stay-at-home-orders-wrong-prediction-dr-anthony-fauci-testimony-video\/\">https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/05\/12\/rand-paul-lockdowns-stay-at-home-orders-wrong-prediction-dr-anthony-fauci-testimony-video\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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