COVID-19 hearings Wednesday

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    Source: Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned | Anthony Fauci | The Guardian

    1. Rand Paul’s ‘unhinged obsession’ with Fauci
    The hearing was centered around an assertion Paul has promoted for years: that the Covid pandemic began in 2020 as a “leak” from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, even as virologists see a natural jump from animals to humans as more likely.
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    2. Criticism of scientists continues
    Scientists have not witnessed Fauci’s compelled testimony – he only appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday under subpoena – without dissent. A group of 155 scientists wrote an open letter calling for the government to stop the “vilification and harassment of many American scientists”.
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    3. Paul’s frustration with fifth amendment
    Whether or not Fauci can successfully invoke the fifth amendment of the US constitution – which allows Americans to decline to answer questions that could incriminate them, without repercussions – became a part of the hearing itself.
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    4. Republican criticism of Fauci wide-ranging
    Republicans lined up to attack Fauci. The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson accused him of covering up unfavorable information about Covid vaccines, which he described as “experimental gene therapy”, even after scientists credited them with saving millions of lives.
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    5. Criticizing science important for Republicans
    The Trump administration has invoked the “lab leak” theory to criticize past pandemic policies – even as the party has asserted that the end of the pandemic justified cutting $11.4bn state and local health department funding.
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    strategics mistake for Dr. Fauci to plead the 5th.
    always best to tell the truth and let things fall where they may... President Biden has already given Dr. Fauci a Presidential pardon.

    Dr. Fauci lawyer did him no favors by not behaving like an adult- refusing to sit where he was assigned and refusing to obey decorum rules and keep his mouth shut then having to be physically removed from the proceedings- I give their clown show 2 stars out of 5.

    currently Dr Fauci's diary is published here and open for anyone to read and draw their own conclusions:


    Where Can I Read Anthony Fauci’s Diary Entries?
    "Executive summary
    "The complete tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era diary entries was published by Senator Rand Paul’s office and is hosted on his Senate website’s “Reading Room,” where the files can be read and downloaded [1]. Major news organizations have published summaries, excerpts and analysis of those more than 1,000 pages — but the primary source for the full entries is the material made public by Paul’s office [2] [3]."
    If the primary files are unwieldy, every major national outlet that covered the release has published searchable excerpts and story-driven summaries: The New York Times published key passages and context [2], NPR and CBS News provided reporting aimed at readers preparing for Fauci’s upcoming testimony [5] [6], and The Washington Post and Newsweek published thread-length analyses of what the diaries reveal [7] [8]."
     
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    It was the same stupid, waste of time, expensive, dog & pony show as when Schumer continued blathering about "russia/russia" - Russian collusion & claiming, "we have the goods on him! ... but can't talk about it because it's so super secret" ..... all to obfuscate & deflect from Hillary's malfeasance. Then conservatives do the same thing with retaliation. Pathetically - both sides are equally corrupt, leaving a relatively small handful of good legislators. Then simple minded people buy into it, letting themselves get whipped up over the "other side".
    Is it any wonder, that any malfeasance penalty legislation, deliberate or accidental isn't punished by loss of all retirement?
     
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    Not worth looking but some of the flu deaths increasing amongst the elderly BS “news” are looking at absolute numbers per year which just happen to track population distribution, many areas have a decrepit population distribution (as shown) due to years of targeted groups leaving and targeted groups being shipped in as contractors or retirees.

    Americans are consistently older and sicker every year, the fan fiction writes itself when the size of the elderly population is always increasing

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    Seneator Rand Paul is a medical doctor who used to have his own practice - he is more a centralist or libertarian than Republican, he upset many of us here when he opposed President Trumps Supreme Court nominees and often refuses to support many Republican bills because they increase the country's debt.
    Trump lashes out at Sen. Rand Paul over opposition to tax bill

    As one of his constituents I can tell you he responds to us when we question him, has quarterly phone/zoom town halls and constantly sends out surveys to hear what his constituents think on issues.

    Here is what Seneator Hary Reed a far left liberal at the time (now days with the direction of the Democratic Party has gone he might be considered a moderate) had to say about Senator Rand Paul - the clip is only a one minute long:
    Harry Reid thanks Rand Paul for advice on eye injury

     
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    Pleading the fifth.

    The same humorous facet