Comments by "Hobbs" (@hobbso8508) on "Watch: Dr. Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul Clash During Congressional Hearing" video.

  1. That's not the actually quote. The quote is "There is no question that there will be a challenge to the coming administration in the arena of infectious diseases,". Not that it matters, because god forbid the world class virologist with decades of experience is correct about US infectious disease response.
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  2. Agreed. The full clip makes Fauci look even better.
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  3.  @westonripps84  And cuts out Fauci explaining why those "facts" are bollocks.
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  4. You know those illegals numbers are the apprehensions right? that's not the number of people coming in, that's the number being stopped.
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  5. If you watch the full clip you can see exactly what Fauci was calling Randy Rand out on.
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  6.  @user-lb3nq7mi9r  No silly, he's not a Republican senator.
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  7.  @westonripps84  Sure, lets do a deep dive. If Dr. Fauci was lying he would be openly criticised by the scientific community for openly misrepresenting the paper he was holding. Fauci's position relies on the scientific and medical communities trusting him, and such an obvious and open lie would be easy to spot for anyone in the know, making debunking him easy. Instead what we see is said community openly supporting him, his ideas and the general opinion of the CDC and the US government at every turn. Now lets look at what happens if Paul lies. His supporters, who have no understanding of the laboratory science or the paper Paul and Fauci were referring to, believe him anyway and he gets reelected. Who has the most to lose from lying? Who has the support of medical and scientific professionals? Fauci has the support of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Association of American Cancer Institutes, and over 50 other science and public health organizations. Why would I take all of those thousands of experts and ignore them for a politician.
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  8.  @hermfresh  Because studies had not been done yet. They never reviewed the viability of mass masking with cloth masks. Once they had they realised the benefits, but he wasn't going to suggest people use something that doesn't work. As for treatments, the protocol can change depending on the specific virus. Right now they use Vit B1, Vit C, Steroids and blood thinners.
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  9. If that was there plan don't you think they could have come up with something a little more deadly?
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  10.  @SKA343  Call a spade a spade.
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  11. Not sure why you think the virologist with decades of experience at the head of the US covid response is the clueless one here and not the non-practicing ophthalmologist.
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  12.  @hikikomori_trader  Got it, so you're a long-time loon. Noted.
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  13.  @hikikomori_trader  There is no good response that will convince someone so deeply indoctrinated into the cult of anti-science, anti-medicine and anti-reality. The conservatives who believe this kind of nonsense cannot be reasoned out of ideas that they didn't reason themselves into.
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  14.  @hikikomori_trader  "Recent experimental research shows that many mammals, including cats, dogs, bank voles, ferrets, fruit bats, hamsters, mink, pigs, rabbits, racoon dogs, tree shrews, and white-tailed deer can be infected with the virus. Cats, ferrets, fruit bats, hamsters, racoon dogs, and white-tailed deer can also spread the infection to other animals of the same species in laboratory settings." Like candy from a baby. "The chimpanzee version of the virus (called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) was probably passed to humans when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came in contact with their infected blood. Studies show that HIV may have jumped from chimpanzees to humans as far back as the late 1800s. Over decades, HIV slowly spread across Africa and later into other parts of the world. We know that the virus has existed in the United States since at least the mid to late 1970s." Just too easy.
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  15.  @MrHeHim  The full clip is worse for Paul. His statements are actively shown to be false by documents Fauci brought with him.
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  16.  @eljefe4473  Of how such a stupid person could became such an important politician? Me too.
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  17.  @westonripps84  He literally has the paper in his hand and explains how it was reviewed by a team of people. you really think the scientific community would ignore a public paper like this? Fauci knows what he's talking about.
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  18.  @westonripps84  "You would take those thousands of experts and, not ignore them, but not let them be the reason you don't dive deeper." Pretty much yes. An argument from authority is valid when the authority is a valid authority on the subject at hand, which they are. Why wouldn't I take the word of literally thousands upon thousands of experts? "And also because there is a chance, despite your belief, that Fauci is lying." There isn't. The scientific community would have responded. "Would Fauci be criticized by them? Has he been regarding his emails?" Are you actually joking. What is it with you lot and emails? Have you actually read the emails in context and reviewed the positions? Most of them are just propositioning a counter argument to drive debate. I mean, how can you be this simple?
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  19. Well sure, he pointed right at the liar.
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  20. "Because if that is true" It's not. That's why he calls him a liar.
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