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Rand is also a doctor and mentions peer-reviewed studies in the video in question. It's not a lunatic ranting point of view. Pick up a history book. When has

• jjeaff 5y ago
  Rand may be a doctor (opthalmologist). But he is a politician first and foremost. He has consistently played semantics throughout the pandemic to try and win political points. In this case, he is arguing that cloth masks don't work. If he wasn't playing politics, his argument would be, "we need to get n95 masks into the hands of the public". But he is pretending that option doesn't exist and keeps arguing that "masks don't work" just to contradict public health officials.
  • marcusverus 5y ago
    This is a cynical take. Rand Paul is a libertarian-leaning conservative who is deeply concerned with government overreach. It makes perfect sense that he would criticize the effectiveness of masks in the context of mask mandates, none of which (to my knowledge) require n95 masks. The only thing worse than government overreach is government overreach that doesn't serve its stated purpose.
    • jjeaff 5y ago
      So he is right to criticize mask mandates because they aren't specific enough? If that is the case, maybe he should ask that they make the mandate more specific. Of course, what he is really saying is, we should not have mask mandates anywhere regardless of whether it could save lives or not. Many people that listen to Rand come away thinking masks don't work at all. But the fact is that n95 masks work pretty well. He's using misdirection to argue his point that governments shouldn't mandate masks, no matter what.
      • kryogen1c 5y ago
        > So he is right to criticize mask mandates because they aren't specific enough? why do you think this is a legitimate comment? we're talking about medically prescriptive legislation intended to save lives. the fact that the laws arent specific enough is central to paul's problem with the federal government in the first place. > But the fact is that n95 masks work pretty well. as if to prove the point, you go straight to n95s. id wager the highest % of n95s worn by americans was <25. the cdc started by telling americand not to wear masks at all ffs. > Many people that listen to Rand come away thinking masks don't work at all ...yeah thats kinda the point. limited efficacy in narrow circumstances. hardly seems worth the resources spent, including government reach.
        • jjeaff 5y ago
          Find me a comment or proposed amendment from Rand Paul that says we should be wearing not masks. I sure can't. It's obvious, bad faith handwaving. Cloth masks don't work cough as well as n95 masks cough. So we shouldn't ask people to wear masks at all!
• 908B64B197 5y ago
  > Rand is also a doctor and mentions peer-reviewed studies in the video in question. It's not a lunatic ranting point of view. I wonder if the problem isn't that he's not from the correct end of the political spectrum. Remember how you would get banned from Facebook for suggesting that the lab leak theory was a possibility? Then major social networks reversed their positions. What changed in the meantime, other than the president?
  • kbelder 5y ago
    >I wonder if the problem isn't that he's not from the correct end of the political spectrum. Well... of course that's the problem. A politician posting an unsupported video about how we need to wear masks even at home and outside to 'pull together and beat this thing' would not have their video pulled, because it's the _approved_ kind of nonsense.