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Your science and citations and reason don't matter on the internet.

Rand Paul is a medical doctor and the person you're replying to is a musician.

Yet the musician has watched the mainstream news media and therefore determines that their opinion is unquestionable.

Actual scientific debate (which is a fundamental process of the scientific method)..... is not even remotely an option to these people..

You're talking to a fascist. They will happily put you up against a wall for disagreeing with them and happily eliminate any possibility of discussion.

And its a hopeless battle against a hoard of people like this who all parrot the mainstream news media talking points and act like it's unquestionablely correct even though their knowledge of biology and science in general is questionable. But because the mainstream media says it it must be true.

It's fascism straight and simple. America is going down a pretty scary rabbit hole right now.

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A Medical Doctor certified in his field (ophthalmology, a little different to epidemiology) by the licensing body HE created, because the actual licensing body for ophthalmologists would not certify him because he would not (and according to some, could not) maintain the required standards/knowledge.

Indeed, his own licensing body (which to be clear has not been accepted by any organizations) utilizes a certifying exam _written by_ Rand Paul, and is open book. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this exam, he did pass.

Oh, he was also the first member of Senator to test positive for COVID. And after being exposed, and tested, continued to attend Senate events and lunches and use Senate facilities including the gym because in his "expert opinion" it was "extremely unlikely" he had COVID.

So let's perhaps dial back your appeal to authority some.

I agree :) As always, I'm replying to their absurd comment in the hopes of enlightening a more neutral bystander. I have no illusions of being able to change their mind. They seem perfectly content to make unsourced claims that go counter to everything that's ever been discovered about immunology and virology without even the slightest hint of regret.

Agreed. It's arrogant ignorance.

The scariest part to me is that there's not even a hint of curiosity in their minds about what they're putting in their bodies and the changes in society happening. If there was they would be a little more open to questioning the narrative because if they even did a little digging they would see things arent black and white as presented.

Bill Maher is liberal and HES questioning this stuff.

This kind of authoritarian mentality has always led to negatives places for humankind.

Less than 50% of people have taken the full vaccine in America.

If it was a vote it would have lost.

There's a lot of people who agree with us.

> Less than 50% of people have taken the full vaccine in America.

The majority of people in the better states are fully vaccinated.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

> There's a lot of people who agree with us.

Yeah, and they're mostly poorly-educated people in lesser states. (The sort of people you'd find at r/NoNewNormal. Right, Nick?)

https://www.prri.org/research/religious-vaccines-covid-vacci...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

My favorite part about this is:

Not that you ignorantly called some states 'good states'.

Not that you cyberstalked me.

But that you're so arrogant that you can't even fathom over half the country...150 million people... disagreeing with you, so you demonize them as poorly-educated and dismiss them.

Democracy doesn't work for your wrongheaded views so your solution is to demonize,attack, and suppress the opposition.

Fascists are fascinating pieces of work!

Rand Paul was an eye doctor.

He was a surgeon that focused on eyes, not an ophthalmologist. Stop spreading misinformation please.

Huh? I never said he was an opthalmologist..

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