<p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) unloaded on Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday hearing, accusing him of using his position to assist in the public smearing of epidemiologists with whom he disagreed.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/fauci-brags-i-represent-science-rand-paul-blasts-absolute-hubris/">Paul</a>, citing an email exchange initially authored by former National Institutes of Health Director <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nih-director-collins-too-early-to-know-the-answers-on-omicron-variant/">Francis Collins</a>, said that Fauci had agreed with Collins and either allowed or assisted in the &#8220;takedown&#8221; of epidemiologists from Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford — whose ideas Collins suggested should be painted as &#8220;fringe.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandPaul</a> vs. Fauci, Round 8. Sen. Paul drills into Fauci over his emails showing a coordinated campaign to &#8220;takedown&#8221; the Great Barrington Declaration.</p>
<p>Paul: &#8220;Do you really think it’s appropriate to use your $420,000 salary to attack science that doesn’t agree with you? <a href="https://t.co/LNuql7nSb7">pic.twitter.com/LNuql7nSb7</a></p>
<p>— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1480942065890607117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Dr. Fauci, the idea that a government official like yourself would claim unilaterally to represent science and that any criticism of you would be considered a criticism of science itself is quite dangerous,&#8221; Paul said, going on to accuse Fauci of effectively &#8220;ruling by mandate&#8221; as his word, in many cases, was quickly adopted as federal policy.</p>
<p>&#8220;In an email exchange with Dr. Collins, you conspire, and I quote here directly from the email, to ‘create a quick and devastating published takedown’ of three prominent epidemiologists from Harvard, Oxford and Stanford,&#8221; Paul continued.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailywire.com/news/a-whole-host-of-cardinal-sins-desantis-says-fauci-biden-try-to-find-scapegoats-to-mask-covid-failures/">Fauci</a> objected, saying that the email had been written by Collins — at which point Paul argued that Fauci could have responded differently instead of allowing the requested &#8220;takedown&#8221; to proceed.</p>
<p>&#8220;A published takedown, though, you know doesn&#8217;t exactly conjure up the image of a dispassionate scientist,&#8221; Paul added. &#8220;Instead of engaging them on the merits, you and Dr. Collins sought to smear them as &#8216;fringe&#8217; and take them down — and not in journals, in lay press. This is not only antithetical to the scientific method, it&#8217;s the epitome of cheap politics, and it&#8217;s reprehensible, Dr. Fauci.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://gbdeclaration.org">The Great Barrington Declaration</a> — the statement prompting Collins&#8217; call for a quick and complete &#8220;takedown&#8221; — advocated a more targeted approach to COVID-19 and warned of the dangers of blanket policies such as full lockdowns and sweeping mandates.</p>
<p>The GBD reads, in part:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Coming from both the left and right, and around the world, we have devoted our careers to protecting people. Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden. Keeping students out of school is a grave injustice. </em></p>
<p><em>Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.</em></p>
<p><em>Fortunately, our understanding of the virus is growing. We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19 is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza. </em></p>
<p><em>As immunity builds in the population, the risk of infection to all – including the vulnerable – falls. We know that all populations will eventually reach herd immunity – i.e.  the point at which the rate of new infections is stable – and that this can be assisted by (but is not dependent upon) a vaccine. Our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity. </em></p></blockquote>

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