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Tell me more about his career as a physician specializing in infectious disease.

xanaxagoras 5y ago
Sure. As an ophthalmologist certified both by the American Board of Ophthalmologists and the National Board of Ophthalmologists, Rand Paul is both an expert in general medicine as well as ophthalmology. Given that it's fairly safe to assume that he knows more about practicing medicine than either one of us, is better prepared to read and understand medical research better than either of us, but most importantly, that he knows a lot more about medicine than most of the rest of our elected officials. Hence, if he has a disagreement with an overtly politicized CDC, he is uniquely qualified to speak on it as a senator to the American people.
- lupire 5y ago
  > National Board of Ophthalmologists, which Rand Paul personally invented, and he wrote the cerificarion exam that he took.
  - xanaxagoras 5y ago
    Right. He was originally certified by the ABO which speaks to his eminent qualifications as an ophthalmologist and as a doctor. He had a disagreement with them regarding some rule so he created the NBO. I'm not sure why that would lessen anyone's confidence in him as a doctor. To me it makes him a badass who is willing to roll up his sleeves and do hard, boring, administrative work to create a new institution that is more in line with his principles. I have a lot of respect for that, but even if you don't, it doesn't revoke his ABO certification.
- mbesto 5y ago
  > Given that it's fairly safe to assume that he knows more about practicing medicine than either one of us, is better prepared to read and understand medical research better than either of us, but most importantly, that he knows a lot more about medicine than most of the rest of our elected officials. Hence, if he has a disagreement with an overtly politicized CDC, he is uniquely qualified to speak on it as a senator to the American people. Senator John Barrasso has a medical degree from Georgetown and a medical residency at Yale. He advocates for wearing masks. Is he not uniquely positioned to tell Americans what to do?

Sure. As an ophthalmologist certified both by the American Board of Ophthalmologists and the National Board of Ophthalmologists, Rand Paul is both an expert in general medicine as well as ophthalmology. Given that it's fairly safe to assume that he knows more about practicing medicine than either one of us, is better prepared to read and understand medical research better than either of us, but most importantly, that he knows a lot more about medicine than most of the rest of our elected officials. Hence, if he has a disagreement with an overtly politicized CDC, he is uniquely qualified to speak on it as a senator to the American people.

lupire 5y ago
> National Board of Ophthalmologists, which Rand Paul personally invented, and he wrote the cerificarion exam that he took.
- xanaxagoras 5y ago
  Right. He was originally certified by the ABO which speaks to his eminent qualifications as an ophthalmologist and as a doctor. He had a disagreement with them regarding some rule so he created the NBO. I'm not sure why that would lessen anyone's confidence in him as a doctor. To me it makes him a badass who is willing to roll up his sleeves and do hard, boring, administrative work to create a new institution that is more in line with his principles. I have a lot of respect for that, but even if you don't, it doesn't revoke his ABO certification.
mbesto 5y ago
> Given that it's fairly safe to assume that he knows more about practicing medicine than either one of us, is better prepared to read and understand medical research better than either of us, but most importantly, that he knows a lot more about medicine than most of the rest of our elected officials. Hence, if he has a disagreement with an overtly politicized CDC, he is uniquely qualified to speak on it as a senator to the American people. Senator John Barrasso has a medical degree from Georgetown and a medical residency at Yale. He advocates for wearing masks. Is he not uniquely positioned to tell Americans what to do?